diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 99f9a32..d6d75a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run Sphinx documentation build
-        uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@0.4
+        uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@8.1.3
         with:
           docs-folder: "./"
       - name: Upload documentation artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: _build/html/
   deploy:
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v1
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+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 61026b8..f9fbbeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run Sphinx documentation build
-        uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@0.4
+        uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@8.1.3
         with:
           docs-folder: "./"
       - name: Upload documentation artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: documentation
-          path: _build/html/
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+          path: _build/html/
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 7786fd6..c7325bf 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -37,10 +37,8 @@
 exclude_patterns = ['_build']
 
 html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
-html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
 html_show_sourcelink = False
 
-html_static_path = ['_static']
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 html_extra_path = ['_redirects']
 
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index dfd93c6..b6ec755 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 Welcome to Warden's documentation!
 ==================================
 
-```{include} ../README.md
----
-start-line: 1
-end-before: <!-- include_open_stop -->
----
-```
-
 Under the hood `docker-compose` is used to control everything which Warden runs (shared services as well as per-project containers) via the Docker Engine.
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 717273d..df61387 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-sphinx>=5.0.0,<6.0.0
+Sphinx==8.1.3
 sphinx-autobuild==2024.10.3
-sphinx_rtd_theme>=1.0.0,<2.0
-myst-parser>=0.18.0,<1.0
-sphinx-copybutton>=0.2.11,<1.0
-sphinx-markdown-tables>=0.0.15,<1.0
-jinja2>=3.0
+sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
+sphinx-markdown-tables==0.0.17
+sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.2
+myst-parser==4.0.0
+Jinja2==3.1.4
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