diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index eba6cf0b4..e3f13fa6a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,9 @@ build:
   tools:
     python: "mambaforge-4.10"
   jobs:
+    post_create_environment:
+      - pip install --upgrade-strategy=only-if-needed -r requirements.txt
+      - pip install --upgrade-strategy=only-if-needed -r requirements-dev.txt
+      - pip install --upgrade-strategy=only-if-needed -r requirements-docs.txt
     post_install:
       - make install
diff --git a/.readthedocs_environment.yml b/.readthedocs_environment.yml
index ef61a90b8..2f2a2de84 100644
--- a/.readthedocs_environment.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs_environment.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,3 @@ dependencies:
 - python=3.11
 - gdal>=3.4.2
 - pip
-- pip:
-  - -r requirements.txt
-  - -r requirements-dev.txt
-  - -r requirements-docs.txt