diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 96dd320..3256798 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: "ubuntu-22.04"
   tools:
-    python: "3.8"
+    python: "3.9"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx: