diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3564a159d..9533d2387 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ breathe>=4.14.1
 sphinx_rtd_theme
 nbsphinx>=0.8.1
 pygments>=2.4.1
+# Weird bug in latest version (0.17) of docutils; can remove once fixed
+docutils==0.16
 # Developers tools - code formatting
 cpplint
 black==20.8b1