diff --git a/.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml
index eadd19aa..1c4d49bd 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ description: "Generates html documentation using Sphinx"
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
+    - run: unset DISPLAY
+      shell: bash
     - name: Install dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: pip install . -r requirements_doc.txt
diff --git a/docs_src/create_docs b/docs_src/create_docs
index bd286329..518c34ff 100755
--- a/docs_src/create_docs
+++ b/docs_src/create_docs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ python3 docex_tutorial.py
 # Render terminal GIFs
 # Note this does not seem to work on GitHub Action runners so we have to manually
 # commit these gifs whenever we think they should change. faressoft/terminalizer#127
-npx terminalizer@0.9.0 render cxroots_progress -o ../docs_src/cxroots_progress.gif
-npx terminalizer@0.9.0 render cxroots_logging_progress -o ../docs_src/cxroots_logging_progress.gif
+npx terminalizer@0.12.0 render cxroots_progress -o ../docs_src/cxroots_progress.gif
+npx terminalizer@0.12.0 render cxroots_logging_progress -o ../docs_src/cxroots_logging_progress.gif
 
 # Build documentation
 sphinx-build -b html . ../docs -T -E -a -W
diff --git a/requirements_doc.txt b/requirements_doc.txt
index dafcf286..f6f44cea 100644
--- a/requirements_doc.txt
+++ b/requirements_doc.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-nbsphinx==0.9.5
+nbsphinx==0.9.6
 sphinx==8.1.3
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.18
 sphinxcontrib-bibtex==2.6.3
 sphinx_rtd_theme==3.0.2
 sphinx-github-changelog==1.4.0
-ipython==8.30.0
-nbconvert==7.16.4
+ipython==8.32.0
+nbconvert==7.16.6
 ipython_genutils==0.2.0 # not direct dependency but seems to be a missing requirement from nbconvert
-mistune==3.0.2 # not directly required, avoid vulnerability in older version
+mistune==3.1.1 # not directly required, avoid vulnerability in older version
 
 -r requirements.txt