diff --git a/news/b397ed3a-49da-4279-b71a-7b67de91c34a.trivial b/news/b397ed3a-49da-4279-b71a-7b67de91c34a.trivial
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tools/requirements/docs.txt b/tools/requirements/docs.txt
index 74fc71d96..b780ebf64 100644
--- a/tools/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sphinx == 2.2.0
+sphinx == 2.3.1
 git+https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme.git#egg=python-docs-theme
 git+https://github.com/pypa/pypa-docs-theme.git#egg=pypa-docs-theme