diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ad2c204..37be11c 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ lazy val pekkoPlugin = project
     addSbtPlugin(
       // When updating the sbt-paradox version,
       // remember to also update project/plugins.sbt
-      "com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox" % "0.10.3"),
+      ("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox" % "0.9.2").exclude("com.typesafe.sbt", "sbt-web")),
+    addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-web" % "1.5.4"), // sbt-paradox 0.9.2 depends on old sbt-web 1.4.x, but we want a newer version
     addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-apidoc" % "1.1.0"),
     addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-project-info" % "3.0.1"),
     addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-paradox-material-theme" % "0.7.0"),
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index c3d00fe..e7397a5 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 // When updating the sbt-paradox version,
 // remember to also update build.sbt
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-theme" % "0.9.2")
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox" % "0.9.2")
+addSbtPlugin(("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-theme" % "0.9.2").exclude("com.typesafe.sbt", "sbt-web"))
+addSbtPlugin(("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox" % "0.9.2").exclude("com.typesafe.sbt", "sbt-web"))
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-web" % "1.5.4") // sbt-paradox[-theme] 0.9.2 depends on old sbt-web 1.4.x, but we want a newer version
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-dynver" % "5.0.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.mdedetrich" % "sbt-apache-sonatype" % "0.1.11")