diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 9013c65d..7d7dd0a9 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.7"
+    python: "3.8"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 # sphinx: