diff --git a/ci/doc_requirements.txt b/ci/doc_requirements.txt
index bac34ce2923..efd839e4ab6 100644
--- a/ci/doc_requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/doc_requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 sphinx==3.2.1
 sphinx-gallery==0.7
-myst-parser==0.11.2
+myst-parser==0.12.1
 netCDF4==1.5.4
 # Needed for sphinx-gallery, which refuses to list dependencies
 pillow==7.2.0