diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 924972a51..7ef6040ee 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ transifex-client==0.14.2
 selenium==3.141.0
 twine==3.4.1
 Pallets-Sphinx-Themes==1.2.3
-docutils==0.16
+docutils==0.17.1
 Sphinx==3.5.3
 sphinx-issues==1.2.0
 sphinx-jinja==1.1.1