diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index c711409..22ed6d5 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MarkupSafe==2.1.1
 networkx==2.6.0
 ninja==1.10.2.3
 numpy==1.22.4
-packaging==21.3
+packaging>=24
 PennyLane==0.24.0
 PennyLane-Lightning==0.24.0
 Pygments==2.15.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b3bf2c..10000fa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ semantic-version==2.6.0
 six==1.16.0
 toml==0.10.2
 urllib3==1.26.18
-packaging>=24