diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.readthedocs.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.readthedocs.yml
index c5d4f20dc..b9f60427a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@
 # Required
 version: 2
 
+# Set the version of Python and other tools you might need
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.10"
+
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
 
 # Version of Python and requirements required to build the docs
 python:
-  version: "3.8"
   install:
     - requirements: requirements/local.txt