diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4ec8381fc6..ba7f7d816a 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 #texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
 
 # Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
-intersphinx_mapping = {'http://docs.python.org/': None}
+intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3', None)}
 
 autoclass_content = 'both'
 
diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 7b7ec59798..326c98d570 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 rstcheck==6.1.2; python_version >= '3.7'
 fasteners
-sphinx==6.1.3
+sphinx==7.1.2
diff --git a/requirements-rtd.txt b/requirements-rtd.txt
index 4ddf184024..ba48b9826c 100644
--- a/requirements-rtd.txt
+++ b/requirements-rtd.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Requirements for ReadTheDocs
-sphinx==6.1.3
+sphinx==7.1.2