diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index eafcbc5581b..50d05eae7e7 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ markdown-checklist>=0.0.1
 fontawesome-markdown>=0.2.6
 mkdocs-em-img2fig-plugin>=0.3.2
 markdown-include>=0.6.0
-pymdown-extensions>=8.2
+pymdown-extensions>=10.16.1
 python-markdown-math>=0.6
 mkdocs-literate-nav>=0.4.1
 mkdocs-material-extensions>=1.0
diff --git a/docs/requirements_frozen.txt b/docs/requirements_frozen.txt
index b2785b2126b..ec43afdea18 100644
--- a/docs/requirements_frozen.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements_frozen.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Markdown==3.3.6
 markdown-checklist==0.4.3
 fontawesome-markdown==0.2.6
 markdown-include==0.6.0
-pymdown-extensions==9.4
+pymdown-extensions==10.16.1
 python-markdown-math==0.8
 mkdocs-literate-nav==0.4.1
 mkdocs-material-extensions==1.0.3