diff --git a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
index 899ca254edab..5b21c338782c 100644
--- a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ipywidgets
 numpydoc>=1.0
 packaging>=20
 pydata-sphinx-theme>=0.12.0
-mpl-sphinx-theme
+mpl-sphinx-theme>=3.7.0
 pyyaml
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=1.1.0
 sphinx-gallery>=0.10