diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 63906fabd6f..b64a368ac43 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ doc strings don't have a separate documentation site they generate, instead, the
 
 User facing documentation
 -------------------------
-We use `sphinx`_ to generate static HTML docs. To build them, first make sure you're running Python 3.9 or above and have the required dependencies installed as explained above.
+We use `sphinx`_ to generate static HTML docs. To build them, first make sure you're running Python 3.10 or above and have the required dependencies installed as explained above.
 Then, run the following from the PTB root directory:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 73e123e17ea..b6a92ffdba8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9]
+        python-version: ['3.10']
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
       fail-fast: False
     steps:
diff --git a/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
index 87f2c1911f6..7c3a4239807 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-sphinx==7.4.7
-furo==2024.7.18
+sphinx==8.0.2
+furo==2024.8.6
 furo-sphinx-search @ git+https://github.com/harshil21/furo-sphinx-search@v0.2.0.1
 sphinx-paramlinks==0.6.0
 sphinxcontrib-mermaid==0.9.2
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index fdc3b27e857..abad78812c6 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 release = telegram.__version__
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-needs_sphinx = "6.1.3"
+needs_sphinx = "8.0.2"
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom