diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index a115051ce569ea..b2ce79429eb496 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 sphinx==6.2.1
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.17
-sphinx_design==0.4.1
+sphinx_design==0.5.0
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.2
 python-levenshtein==0.21.1
 docutils==0.18.1