diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 36c2cf7a..60f389fb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sphinx~=8.0.2
+sphinx~=9.1.0
 sphinxawesome-theme~=5.3.2
 svglib
 rst2pdf
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ pypandoc_binary~=1.16
 sphinxcontrib-jquery
 sphinx-notfound-page
 sphinxcontrib-spelling
-openwisp-utils[qa] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
+openwisp-utils[qa] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.3
 pylinkvalidator