diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
index f5076d1..9e5c75e 100644
--- a/docs/environment.yml
+++ b/docs/environment.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: ipython_docs
 dependencies:
-- python=3.6
+- python=3.8
 - setuptools>=18.5
 - sphinx>=1.8
 - sphinx_rtd_theme