diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index fa1a5744b6..cf349ea849 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ version: 2
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/read_the_docs/source/conf.py
 
+build:
+  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
+  tools:
+    python: "3.11"
+
 python:
-  version: "3.8"
   install:
     - requirements: docs/read_the_docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/resources/buildstock.rb b/resources/buildstock.rb
index 8f3dd8d972..e64c128eb3 100644
--- a/resources/buildstock.rb
+++ b/resources/buildstock.rb
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class Version
   def self.check_buildstockbatch_version
     if ENV.keys.include?('BUILDSTOCKBATCH_VERSION') # buildstockbatch is installed
       bsb_version = ENV['BUILDSTOCKBATCH_VERSION']
-      if bsb_version < BuildStockBatch_Version
+      if Gem::Version.new(bsb_version) < Gem::Version.new(BuildStockBatch_Version)
         fail "BuildStockBatch version #{BuildStockBatch_Version} or above is required. Found version: #{bsb_version}"
       end
     end