diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
index a046551091a..a39d4393f2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
             python-build
             myst-nb
             panel
-            sphinx
+            sphinx>=6.2
             sphinx-autodoc-typehints
             sphinx-copybutton
             sphinx-design
diff --git a/ci/requirements/docs.yml b/ci/requirements/docs.yml
index dbef316ec94..dfcf70704f7 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/docs.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/docs.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
     # Dev dependencies (building documentation)
     - myst-nb
     - panel
-    - sphinx
+    - sphinx>=6.2
     - sphinx-autodoc-typehints
     - sphinx-copybutton
     - sphinx-design
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 613c860aa75..2b41acd3f61 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 ]
 
 source_suffix = ".rst"
-needs_sphinx = "1.8"
+needs_sphinx = "6.2"
 # Encoding of source files
 source_encoding = "utf-8-sig"
 root_doc = "index"
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 38073e7fc7d..0f2ab565cf2 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies:
     # Dev dependencies (building documentation)
     - myst-nb
     - panel
-    - sphinx
+    - sphinx>=6.2
     - sphinx-autodoc-typehints
     - sphinx-copybutton
     - sphinx-design