diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 4b7e3476b..3d7a86b2a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 version: 2
 
 python:
-  version: "3.10"
+  version: 3.8
   install:
   - requirements: doc/requirements.txt
   system_packages: true