diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index f23a37605..b8ea861e4 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+pip>=21.3.1
+setuptools>=58.0.4
+wheel>=0.37.0
 sphinx>=5.0
 sphinxcontrib-bibtex>=2.5
 sphinxcontrib-applehelp