diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index ef8d4509..045ad0cd 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.8"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx: