diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5fc186a4143a..8f1f3d6e313d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ commands:
             python -m pip install --user \
                 numpy<< parameters.numpy_version >> \
                 -r requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
-            python -m pip install --no-deps --user \
-                git+https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-sphinx-theme.git
 
   mpl-install:
     steps:
diff --git a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
index 356d5cde7596..c0b4a19e3dd3 100644
--- a/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ipykernel
 numpydoc>=1.0
 packaging>=20
 pydata-sphinx-theme~=0.13.1
-mpl-sphinx-theme~=3.7.0
+mpl-sphinx-theme~=3.8.0
 pyyaml
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=1.1.0
 sphinx-gallery>=0.12.0