diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index ba9cdb9..766eb41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build the book
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
+          pip install docutils --upgrade
           jupyter-book build biochemist-python
 
       - name: GitHub Pages action
diff --git a/requirements.yaml b/requirements.yaml
index a276f55..f2127ea 100644
--- a/requirements.yaml
+++ b/requirements.yaml
@@ -26,4 +26,3 @@ dependencies:
     - icn3dpy
     - rcsbsearchapi
     - pdb2pqr
-    - "docutils>0.21"