diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index f29bb54f083..9adb63f621e 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Sphinx 1.7.8 has a bug when building on cached envs
 # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/5361
 sphinx>=1.3,!=1.7.8
-numpydoc>=0.6
+numpydoc>=0.7,<0.8
 sphinx-gallery
 sphinx-copybutton
 pytest-runner