diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 2c7d170839..13572e9542 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
+  # Requirements to build documentation
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/lib/spack/docs"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index cdb97bfad7..ff47753613 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 version: 2
 
+build:
+  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
+  apt_packages:
+    - graphviz
+  tools:
+    python: "3.11"
+
 sphinx:
   configuration: lib/spack/docs/conf.py
   fail_on_warning: true
 
 python:
-  version: 3.7
   install:
     - requirements: lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/_pygments/style.py b/lib/spack/docs/_pygments/style.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d7c386463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/_pygments/style.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2023 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+# We use our own extension of the default style with a few modifications
+from pygments.styles.default import DefaultStyle
+from pygments.token import Generic
+
+
+class SpackStyle(DefaultStyle):
+    styles = DefaultStyle.styles.copy()
+    background_color = "#f4f4f8"
+    styles[Generic.Output] = "#355"
+    styles[Generic.Prompt] = "bold #346ec9"
diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/conf.py b/lib/spack/docs/conf.py
index 8ba6717147..841ed53868 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/conf.py
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/conf.py
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ def setup(sphinx):
 # Get nice vector graphics
 graphviz_output_format = "svg"
 
-
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ["_templates"]
 
@@ -233,30 +232,8 @@ def setup(sphinx):
 # If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
 # output. They are ignored by default.
 # show_authors = False
-
-# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
-# We use our own extension of the default style with a few modifications
-from pygments.style import Style
-from pygments.styles.default import DefaultStyle
-from pygments.token import Comment, Generic, Text
-
-
-class SpackStyle(DefaultStyle):
-    styles = DefaultStyle.styles.copy()
-    background_color = "#f4f4f8"
-    styles[Generic.Output] = "#355"
-    styles[Generic.Prompt] = "bold #346ec9"
-
-
-import pkg_resources
-
-dist = pkg_resources.Distribution(__file__)
-sys.path.append(".")  # make 'conf' module findable
-ep = pkg_resources.EntryPoint.parse("spack = conf:SpackStyle", dist=dist)
-dist._ep_map = {"pygments.styles": {"plugin1": ep}}
-pkg_resources.working_set.add(dist)
-
-pygments_style = "spack"
+sys.path.append("./_pygments")
+pygments_style = "style.SpackStyle"
 
 # A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
 # modindex_common_prefix = []
@@ -341,16 +318,15 @@ class SpackStyle(DefaultStyle):
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
 htmlhelp_basename = "Spackdoc"
 
-
 # -- Options for LaTeX output --------------------------------------------------
 
 latex_elements = {
     # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-    #'papersize': 'letterpaper',
+    # 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
     # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-    #'pointsize': '10pt',
+    # 'pointsize': '10pt',
     # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-    #'preamble': '',
+    # 'preamble': '',
 }
 
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 648f3c40b5..9a2892080d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-# These dependencies should be installed using pip in order
-# to build the documentation.
-
-sphinx>=3.4,!=4.1.2,!=5.1.0
-sphinxcontrib-programoutput
-sphinx-design
-sphinx-rtd-theme
-python-levenshtein
-# Restrict to docutils <0.17 to workaround a list rendering issue in sphinx.
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67542699
-docutils <0.17
-pygments <2.13
-urllib3 <2
+sphinx==6.2.1
+sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.17
+sphinx_design==0.4.1
+sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.1
+python-levenshtein==0.21.0
+docutils==0.18.1
+pygments==2.15.1
+urllib3==2.0.2