diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 3e958657e8..9e09e31e99 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sphinx==6.2.1
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.17
 sphinx_design==0.4.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.2
-python-levenshtein==0.21.0
+python-levenshtein==0.21.1
 docutils==0.18.1
 pygments==2.15.1
 urllib3==2.0.3