diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 4d0f2af2a0..3b6da2a340 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # requirements for building the docs
 
-sphinx>=7.3.7,<8.0.0
-myst-parser>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
+sphinx>=8.0.0,<9.0.0
+myst-parser>=4.0.0,<5.0.0
 Jinja2>=3.1
 linkify-it-py>=2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 5d9d31f5f2..f6b52a3822 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sys
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 # from recommonmark.transform import AutoStructify
-from sphinx.util.osutil import cd
+from contextlib import chdir
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ if not _no_autodoc:
 
     sys.path.insert(1, EV_ROOT)
 
-    with cd(EV_ROOT):
+    with chdir(EV_ROOT):
         # set up Evennia so its sources can be parsed
         os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "evennia.settings_default"