diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3bb978fa865a8a47bb12181daeed46362421c5a8..51010fc05c1af5b92e7efb20e1eaa5a2a63ef2b2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ release = '1.0.1'
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
 extensions = [
+    "sphinx_rtd_theme",
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-html_theme = 'alabaster'
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d6f607e959a41b3e2e21c99e355371b33a3a070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sphinx~=3.3
+sphinx-rtd-theme~=0.5