diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 66d68c04e..ae022232e 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -418,7 +418,20 @@ def blacken(session):
 def docs(session):
     """Build the docs."""
 
-    session.install("recommonmark", "sphinx==4.0.2", "sphinx_rtd_theme")
+    session.install(
+        # We need to pin to specific versions of the `sphinxcontrib-*` packages
+        # which still support sphinx 4.x.
+        # See https://github.com/googleapis/sphinx-docfx-yaml/issues/344
+        # and https://github.com/googleapis/sphinx-docfx-yaml/issues/345.
+        "sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.4",
+        "sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2",
+        "sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.1",
+        "sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3",
+        "sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5",
+        "sphinx==4.5.0",
+        "alabaster",
+        "recommonmark",
+    )
     session.install("google-cloud-storage")
     session.install("-e", ".[all]")
 
@@ -443,6 +456,15 @@ def docfx(session):
 
     session.install("-e", ".")
     session.install(
+        # We need to pin to specific versions of the `sphinxcontrib-*` packages
+        # which still support sphinx 4.x.
+        # See https://github.com/googleapis/sphinx-docfx-yaml/issues/344
+        # and https://github.com/googleapis/sphinx-docfx-yaml/issues/345.
+        "sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.4",
+        "sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2",
+        "sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.1",
+        "sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3",
+        "sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5",
         "gcp-sphinx-docfx-yaml",
         "alabaster",
         "recommonmark",