diff --git a/Sphinxsetup.sh b/Sphinxsetup.sh
index 71c4a2b882..2597eeaa9e 100755
--- a/Sphinxsetup.sh
+++ b/Sphinxsetup.sh
@@ -46,18 +46,18 @@ rm -f get-pip.py
 # Install sphinx with a specific docutils version
 # Docutils version is for correct bullet point rendering. Can be rolled forward after theme is updated to >=0.5.1
 # See https://stackoverflow.com/a/68685753/2578171
-python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade sphinx==5.1.1 docutils==0.16
+python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade sphinx==7.2.6 docutils
 
 # lxml for parameter parsing:
 python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade lxml
 
 # Install sphinx theme from ArduPilot repository
-python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade git+https://github.com/ArduPilot/sphinx_rtd_theme.git
+python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade git+https://github.com/khancyr/sphinx_rtd_theme.git@update-1.3.0
 
 # and youtube and video plugins:
 # This command might require a --force option if you have and older extension installed
 # Rerun Sphinxsetup.sh after doing that
-python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade git+https://github.com/ArduPilot/sphinxcontrib-youtube.git
+python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade git+https://github.com/khancyr/sphinxcontrib-youtube.git@sync-upstream
 
 # and a parser to use getting posts from Discourse (forum) and insert in FrontEnd
 python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade beautifulsoup4
diff --git a/update.py b/update.py
index 74a9e029b7..621dfce456 100755
--- a/update.py
+++ b/update.py
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ def check_imports():
     '''check key imports work'''
     import pkg_resources
     # package names to check the versions of. Note that these can be different than the string used to import the package
-    requires = ["sphinx_rtd_theme>=1.0.0", "sphinxcontrib.youtube>=1.2.0", "sphinx==5.1.1", "docutils==0.16"]
+    requires = ["sphinx_rtd_theme>=1.0.0", "sphinxcontrib.youtube>=1.2.0", "sphinx>=5.1.1", "docutils>=0.16"]
     for r in requires:
         debug("Checking for %s" % r)
         try: