diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 76c757b684de..9f4fea5501ce 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "colorama>=0.2.5,<0.4.7",
-    "docutils>=0.10,<0.20",
+    "docutils>=0.10,<0.22",
     "cryptography>=3.3.2,<40.0.2",
     "ruamel.yaml>=0.15.0,<=0.17.21",
     # ruamel.yaml only requires ruamel.yaml.clib for Python versions