diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 937aefd56..9e1f02534 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ formats: all
 
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
 python:
-  version: 3.7
+  version: 3.8
   install:
     - requirements: docs/requirements-doc.txt