diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index f92a52779..2b9e8a362 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ sphinx:
 python:
    install:
    - requirements: requirements.txt
-#   - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
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+   - requirements: doc/requirements.txt
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diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9e2ab237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# requirements only used for building documentation
+sphinx-rtd-theme
\ No newline at end of file