diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 12f46c948..943dae57b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ The following packages are required for building some optional features:
 +==================+=============+====================+
 | Documentation    | pandoc      | (latest)           |
 +------------------+-------------+--------------------+
-|                  | sphinx      | 2.1.2              |
+|                  | sphinx      | 2.1.2 or later     |
 +------------------+-------------+--------------------+
-|                  | breathe     | 4.13.1             |
+|                  | breathe     | 4.14.1 or later    |
 +------------------+-------------+--------------------+
-|                  | nbsphinx    | (latest)           |
+|                  | nbsphinx    | 0.8.1 or later     |
 +------------------+-------------+--------------------+
 
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 08b9a4691..3564a159d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ matplotlib
 #qml
 # tqdm
 # for documentation
-sphinx==2.1.2
-breathe==4.13.1
+sphinx>=2.1.2
+breathe>=4.14.1
 sphinx_rtd_theme
-nbsphinx
+nbsphinx>=0.8.1
 pygments>=2.4.1
 # Developers tools - code formatting
 cpplint