diff --git a/google/api_core/path_template.py b/google/api_core/path_template.py
index bb549356..f202d40f 100644
--- a/google/api_core/path_template.py
+++ b/google/api_core/path_template.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def _expand_variable_match(positional_vars, named_vars, match):
 def expand(tmpl, *args, **kwargs):
     """Expand a path template with the given variables.
 
-    ..code-block:: python
+    .. code-block:: python
 
         >>> expand('users/*/messages/*', 'me', '123')
         users/me/messages/123
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 10a92efb..25609920 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ def cover(session):
     session.run("coverage", "erase")
 
 
-@nox.session(python="3.7")
+@nox.session(python="3.8")
 def docs(session):
     """Build the docs for this library."""
 
     session.install(".", "grpcio >= 1.8.2", "grpcio-gcp >= 0.2.2")
     session.install("-e", ".")
-    session.install("sphinx < 3.0", "alabaster", "recommonmark")
+    session.install("sphinx==4.0.1", "alabaster", "recommonmark")
 
     shutil.rmtree(os.path.join("docs", "_build"), ignore_errors=True)
     session.run(
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ def docs(session):
     )
 
 
-@nox.session(python="3.7")
+@nox.session(python="3.8")
 def docfx(session):
     """Build the docfx yaml files for this library."""
 
     session.install("-e", ".")
-    # sphinx-docfx-yaml supports up to sphinx version 1.5.5.
-    # https://github.com/docascode/sphinx-docfx-yaml/issues/97
-    session.install("sphinx==1.5.5", "alabaster", "recommonmark", "sphinx-docfx-yaml")
+    session.install(
+        "sphinx==4.0.1", "alabaster", "recommonmark", "gcp-sphinx-docfx-yaml"
+    )
 
     shutil.rmtree(os.path.join("docs", "_build"), ignore_errors=True)
     session.run(