diff --git a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
index 5b21c338782c..1c237ea7abb8 100644
--- a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ ipython
 ipywidgets
 numpydoc>=1.0
 packaging>=20
-pydata-sphinx-theme>=0.12.0
-mpl-sphinx-theme>=3.7.0
+pydata-sphinx-theme~=0.12.0
+mpl-sphinx-theme~=3.7.0
 pyyaml
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=1.1.0
 sphinx-gallery>=0.10