diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 1bab99adc19e305d17ba7d8ed42318852f474a91..4b8cc9c849301ae5f8e877329acd83e4eeb23341 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ version: 2
 formats:
    - pdf
 
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.11"
+
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
    configuration: docs/source/conf.py