diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
index 832cc62f..4b85ec34 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yml
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
 formats: all
 python:
-  version: 3.6
+  version: 3.8
   install:
     - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
     - method: pip