diff --git a/doc-requirements.txt b/doc-requirements.txt
index 24ab60697db1..573542b51935 100644
--- a/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #     pip install -r doc-requirements.txt
 #
 sphinx>=1.3,!=1.5.0,!=1.6.4,!=1.7.3,<2
+docutils<0.16
 colorspacious
 ipython
 ipywidgets