diff --git a/docs-requirements.txt b/docs-requirements.txt
index 683fae150f93..4ff3120830ba 100644
--- a/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 sphinx >=4.0.0
 furo ==2022.06.04.1
-recommonmark>=0.5.0
+myst-parser >=0.18.0
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index be5e01fe11bf..5c17edbf467e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     'ext_github',
     'ext_plugins',
     'ext_releaseref',
-    'recommonmark'
+    'myst_parser',
 ]
 
 autosectionlabel_prefix_document = True