diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index f5b5350b84..6e8052aac0 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ version: 2
 
 # Set the version of Python and other tools you might need
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
   tools:
-    python: "latest"
+    python: "3.12"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/source/conf.py
+
+# Explicitly set the version of Python and its requirements
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c64e5663f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+sphinx==5.3.0
+sphinx_rtd_theme==1.1.1
+readthedocs-sphinx-search==0.3.2
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index f1cda0d303..ba6d2f6617 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #
-import os
-import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../'))
+# import os
+# import sys
+# sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../'))
 
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ["_static"]
+html_static_path = [""]
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, must be a dictionary that maps document names
 # to template names.