diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index bcc6a3d0..51f504c6 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@
 # This file contains all common constraints for edx-repos
 -c common_constraints.txt
 
-# Sphinx>5.3.0 requires docutils>=0.18,<0.20 but 
-# sphinx_rtd_theme which needs docutils<0.18 
+# Sphinx>5.3.0 requires docutils>=0.18,<0.20 but
+# sphinx_rtd_theme which needs docutils<0.18
 # which is causing make upgrade job to fail due to conflicts
 # Constraint can be removed once sphinx_rtd_theme>=1.1.1 is available on PyPI
 sphinx==5.3.0
 
 # For python greater than or equal to 3.9 backports.zoneinfo causing failures
 backports.zoneinfo; python_version<'3.9'
+
+# For python greater than or equal to 3.9 accessible-pygments>=0.0.5 causing failures
+accessible-pygments<0.0.5; python_version<'3.9'