diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e78ab2c5..afbe274c 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 extensions = [
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
-    "recommonmark",
+    "myst_parser",
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index d45514b7..46c2906a 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 flask
+myst-parser
 pytest
 pytest-cov
-recommonmark
 sphinx>=3.0
 sphinx-autobuild
 witchhazel