diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 7a2c8f32aff..bd9f8c51f93 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,31 @@ python:
      - requirements: docs/requirements-docs.txt
 
 build:
-   os: ubuntu-20.04
+   os: ubuntu-22.04
    tools:
       python: "3"  # latest stable cpython version
+
+search:
+   ranking:  # bump up rank of commonly searched pages: (default: 0, values range from -10 to 10)
+      telegram.bot.html: 7
+      telegram.message.html: 3
+      telegram.update.html: 3
+      telegram.user.html: 2
+      telegram.chat.html: 2
+      telegram.ext.application.html: 3
+      telegram.ext.filters.html: 3
+      telegram.ext.callbackcontext.html: 2
+      telegram.ext.inlinekeyboardbutton.html: 1
+
+      telegram.passport*.html: -7
+
+   ignore:
+      - changelog.html
+      - coc.html
+      - bot_methods.html#
+      - bot_methods.html
+      # Defaults
+      - search.html
+      - search/index.html
+      - 404.html
+      - 404/index.html'
diff --git a/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
index b2c5a5e8213..99dd6fe54d9 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 sphinx==5.1.1
 sphinx-pypi-upload
-furo==2022.6.21
+furo==2022.9.15
+git+https://github.com/harshil21/furo-sphinx-search@be5cfa221a01f6e259bb2bb1f76d6ede7ffc1f11#egg=furo-sphinx-search
 sphinx-paramlinks==0.5.4
 sphinxcontrib-mermaid==0.7.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 4d4726cdc14..b17b44f13f1 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 release = "20.0a4"  # telegram.__version__
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-needs_sphinx = "4.5.0"
+needs_sphinx = "5.1.1"
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "sphinx.ext.linkcode",
     "sphinx_paramlinks",
     "sphinxcontrib.mermaid",
+    "sphinx_search.extension",
 ]
 
 # Use intersphinx to reference the python builtin library docs
@@ -212,11 +213,9 @@
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
-html_css_files = [
-    "style_external_link.css",
-    "style_mermaid_diagrams.css",
-]
-html_permalinks_icon = "¶"  # Furo's default permalink icon is `#`` which doesn't look great imo.
+html_css_files = ["style_external_link.css", "style_mermaid_diagrams.css"]
+
+html_permalinks_icon = "¶"  # Furo's default permalink icon is `#` which doesn't look great imo.
 
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
 htmlhelp_basename = "python-telegram-bot-doc"
@@ -257,6 +256,7 @@
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [(master_doc, "python-telegram-bot", "python-telegram-bot Documentation", [author], 1)]
 
+# rtd_sphinx_search_file_type = "un-minified"  # Configuration for furo-sphinx-search
 
 # -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------