diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c959dc4949..8e2f5c9cef 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ doc =
     sphinxcontrib-napoleon
     nbsphinx
     ipython
-    docutils>=0.17.1,<0.18.0
+    docutils>=0.17.1,<0.19.0
 storage =
     ipfshttpclient>=0.4.13
     redis