diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 440c3f0e637b..d4fecc8a5394 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -97,12 +97,9 @@ commands:
       - run:
           name: Install Python dependencies
           command: |
-            # remove when sphinx-gallery releases #1071:
             python -m pip install --user \
                 numpy<< parameters.numpy_version >> codecov coverage \
                 -r requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
-            python -m pip install --no-deps --user \
-                git+https://github.com/sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery.git
             python -m pip install --no-deps --user \
                 git+https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-sphinx-theme.git
 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 1c6502ecd96d..b48fe96c142e 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pyyaml
   - sphinx>=1.8.1,!=2.0.0
   - sphinx-copybutton
-  - sphinx-gallery>=0.10
+  - sphinx-gallery>=0.12
   - sphinx-design
   - pip
   - pip:
diff --git a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
index 3c672535efde..8ba74b72ebc0 100644
--- a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ pydata-sphinx-theme~=0.13.1
 mpl-sphinx-theme~=3.7.0
 pyyaml
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=1.1.0
-sphinx-gallery>=0.10
+sphinx-gallery>=0.12.0
 sphinx-copybutton
 sphinx-design