diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d996ba312cb..b38124e4f4c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sphinx==8.0.2
+sphinx==5.0.0
 sphinx-intl==2.1.0
 sphinx-JDLinker==2.0.1
 sponge-docs-theme==1.1.0