diff --git a/influxlogger/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/influxlogger/docs/requirements-docs.txt
index 692a79f..f266a10 100644
--- a/influxlogger/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/influxlogger/docs/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 tox
 Sphinx
 doc8
-docutils
+docutils < 0.17
 setuptools
 six
 sphinx_rtd_theme
diff --git a/influxlogger/tox.ini b/influxlogger/tox.ini
index d47de5e..bdc407f 100644
--- a/influxlogger/tox.ini
+++ b/influxlogger/tox.ini
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 commands =
     sphinx-build -W -b html -n -d {envtmpdir}/docs/doctrees ./docs/ {toxinidir}/docs/_build/html
     echo "Generated docs available in {toxinidir}/docs/_build/html"
-whitelist_externals = echo
+allowlist_externals = echo
 
 [testenv:docs-linkcheck]
 basepython = python3