diff --git a/requirements-dev-lock.txt b/requirements-dev-lock.txt
index 1de2bb4..c1c663f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev-lock.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev-lock.txt
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ defusedxml==0.7.1 \
     --hash=sha256:1bb3032db185915b62d7c6209c5a8792be6a32ab2fedacc84e01b52c51aa3e69 \
     --hash=sha256:a352e7e428770286cc899e2542b6cdaedb2b4953ff269a210103ec58f6198a61
     # via py-serializable
-docutils==0.22.4 \
-    --hash=sha256:4db53b1fde9abecbb74d91230d32ab626d94f6badfc575d6db9194a49df29968 \
-    --hash=sha256:d0013f540772d1420576855455d050a2180186c91c15779301ac2ccb3eeb68de
+docutils==0.23 \
+    --hash=sha256:25d013af9bf23bc1c7b2b093dff4208166c53a94786c9e447808335ef1185fea \
+    --hash=sha256:746f5060322511280a1e50eb76846ed6bf2342984b2ac04dc42caa1a8d78799e
     # via
     #   -r requirements-dev.txt
     #   readme-renderer
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index e902cbd..1856f04 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ setuptools>=69.0.0
 wheel>=0.42.0
 sphinx>=6.0.0
 # Sphinx 9.1 still caps docutils below 0.23; keep the dev lock resolvable.
-docutils<0.23
+docutils<0.24
 sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.2.0
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.22.0