diff --git a/docs/requirements_base.txt b/docs/requirements_base.txt
index 119fd429b22f..9c3dfc2a5b90 100644
--- a/docs/requirements_base.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements_base.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-sphinx < 3.2
+sphinx
 sphinx_rtd_theme >= 0.3
 mock; python_version < '3'
diff --git a/docs/requirements_rtd.txt b/docs/requirements_rtd.txt
index e74822804afd..772ca6e670e8 100644
--- a/docs/requirements_rtd.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements_rtd.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-sphinx >= 3.0.2,<3.2
-sphinx_rtd_theme >= 0.5
-readthedocs-sphinx-ext > 2.1
-mock; python_version < '3'
-breathe
+-r requirements.txt
+sphinx >= 3.2.2