diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1597.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/1597.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edfa8df19b
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+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1597.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bump ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi] from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 in the docs-deps group
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b38afdfb09..020db3ab53 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ tests-minimal = [
     "pytest-xvfb==3.0.0",
 ]
 doc = [
-    "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi]==1.2.3",
+    "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi]==1.2.4",
     "ansys-tools-path==0.7.0",
     "ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.6.2",
     "beartype==0.19.0",