diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 26cd257237a6..3d6fe3503ab4 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
-SPHINXOPTS    = --fail-on-warning -n -jauto
+SPHINXOPTS    = -W -n -jauto
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
 BUILDDIR      = _build
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7ca3fee4eb02..8ead614ecf2d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 documentation_extras = [
     "pyenchant>=3.1.1,<4",
     "sphinxcontrib-spelling>=7,<8",
-    "Sphinx>=7.3",
+    "Sphinx>=7.0",
     "sphinx-autobuild>=0.6.0",
     "sphinx-wagtail-theme==6.3.0",
     "myst_parser==2.0.0",