diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 2174861098..9b371f313a 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ sphinx==3.2.1
 myst-parser==0.15.2
 myst-parser[linkify]==0.15.2
 Jinja2 < 3.1
+
+# pinned to allow for sphinx 3.x to still work, latest requried 5+
 alabaster==0.7.13
 sphinxcontrib-applehelp<1.0.7
 sphinxcontrib-devhelp<1.0.6
 sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp<2.0.5
-
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp<1.0.7
+sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml<1.1.10
 
 # sphinx-multiversion with evennia fixes 
 git+https://github.com/evennia/sphinx-multiversion.git@evennia-mods#egg=sphinx-multiversion