diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index e586da0e..bd1eb5ae 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ version: 2
 
 # Set the OS, Python version and other tools you might need
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  os: ubuntu-24.04
   tools:
     python: "3.13"
-
-# Optionally declare the Python requirements required to build your docs
-python:
-   install:
-      - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
+  jobs:
+    post_install:
+      - pip install --upgrade furo
 
 # Build documentation in the "docs/" directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 279fc0d1..4c328dd2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ envfile_dev: envfile
 	@echo DATABASE_PASSWORD=\"dejacode\" >> ${ENV_FILE}
 
 doc_dependencies: virtualenv
-	@echo "-> Configure and install decumentation dependencies"
+	@echo "-> Configure and install documentation dependencies"
 	@${ACTIVATE} pip install --editable .[docs]
 
 doc8:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b1374f5b..063a4651 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 extensions = []
 
 templates_path = ["_templates"]
-exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store", "installation_and_sysadmin"]
+exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7abc85ff..df47ddf1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ dev = [
     "tblib==3.1.0"
 ]
 docs = [
-    "Sphinx==8.2.3",
-    "furo==2025.9.25",
-    "doc8==2.0.0",
+    "Sphinx",
+    "furo",
+    "doc8",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/thirdparty/dist/sphinx-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl.ABOUT b/thirdparty/dist/sphinx-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl.ABOUT
deleted file mode 100644
index f3ca2377..00000000
--- a/thirdparty/dist/sphinx-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl.ABOUT
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-about_resource: sphinx-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl
-name: sphinx
-version: 8.1.3
-download_url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/26/60/1ddff83a56d33aaf6f10ec8ce84b4c007d9368b21008876fceda7e7381ef/sphinx-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl
-package_url: pkg:pypi/sphinx@8.1.3
-license_expression: bsd-new
-copyright: Copyright sphinx project contributors
-attribute: yes
-checksum_md5: 3bcca8b62843f94429276a0bf1c90c28
-checksum_sha1: 67dc18611c44f712539585db41aaee4b0a7ec646
-licenses:
-  - key: bsd-new
-    name: BSD-3-Clause
-    file: bsd-new.LICENSE