diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7378e265b..bbcd7e54d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from sys import path as sys_path
+from os import environ
 from os.path import abspath
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -53,25 +54,40 @@
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
 
-if (ROOT / "_theme").is_dir():
-    html_theme_path = ["."]
-    html_theme = "_theme"
-    html_theme_options = {
-        "analytics_id": "UA-112393863-1",
-        "logo_only": True,
-        "vcs_pageview_mode": "blob",
-        "style_nav_header_background": "#0c479d",
-        "home_breadcrumbs": False,
-    }
-    html_context = {
-        "conf_py_path": f"{ROOT.name}/",
-        "display_github": True,
-        "github_user": "VUnit",
-        "github_repo": "vunit",
-        "github_version": "master/",
-    }
-else:
-    html_theme = "alabaster"
+html_theme = "furo"
+
+html_css_files = [
+    "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/fontawesome.min.css",
+    "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/solid.min.css",
+    "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/brands.min.css",
+]
+
+html_theme_options = {
+    "source_repository": "https://github.com/VUnit/vunit",
+    "source_branch": environ.get("GITHUB_REF_NAME", "master"),
+    "source_directory": "docs",
+    "sidebar_hide_name": True,
+    "footer_icons": [
+        {
+            "name": "Twitter @VUnitFramework",
+            "url": "https://twitter.com/VUnitFramework",
+            "html": "",
+            "class": "fa-solid fa-brands fa-twitter",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Gitter VUnit/vunit",
+            "url": "https://gitter.im/VUnit/vunit",
+            "html": "",
+            "class": "fa-solid fa-brands fa-gitter",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "GitHub VUnit/vunit",
+            "url": "https://github.com/VUnit/vunit",
+            "html": "",
+            "class": "fa-solid fa-brands fa-github",
+        },
+    ],
+}
 
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index f5d25eb0d..956acd86f 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
+VUnit: a test framework for HDL
+===============================
 
-.. centered:: |shieldRepo|_ |shieldPyPI|_ |shieldGitter|_ |shieldTwitter|_
-
-.. |shieldRepo| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/VUnit/vunit-0c479d.svg?longCache=true&style=flat-square&logo=github
-.. _shieldRepo: https://github.com/VUnit/vunit
+.. centered:: |shieldPyPI|_
 
 .. |shieldPyPI| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/vunit_hdl?longCache=true&style=flat-square&label=PyPI&logo=PyPI&logoColor=FFF
 .. _shieldPyPI: https://pypi.org/project/vunit-hdl/
 
-.. |shieldGitter| image:: https://img.shields.io/gitter/room/VUnit/vunit.svg?longCache=true&style=flat-square&logo=gitter&logoColor=4db797&color=4db797
-.. _shieldGitter: https://gitter.im/VUnit/vunit
-
-.. |shieldTwitter| image:: https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/VUnitFramework.svg?longCache=true&style=flat-square&color=1DA1F2&label=%40VUnitFramework&logo=twitter&logoColor=fff
-.. _shieldTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/VUnitFramework
-
-VUnit: a test framework for HDL
-===============================
-
 VUnit is an open source unit testing framework for VHDL/SystemVerilog
 released under the terms of Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. It
 features the functionality needed to realize continuous and automated
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ccd6f90c0..f94bdc461 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ deps=
     coverage: mypy
     coverage: Pygments
     docs: docutils
+    docs: furo
     docs: sphinx
     docs: sphinx-argparse
 
diff --git a/tools/build_docs.py b/tools/build_docs.py
index 58072015e..2560ef1eb 100644
--- a/tools/build_docs.py
+++ b/tools/build_docs.py
@@ -18,22 +18,7 @@
 from create_release_notes import create_release_notes
 
 
-DROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'docs'
-
-
-def get_theme(path: Path, url: str):
-    """
-    Check if the theme is available locally, retrieve it with curl and tar otherwise
-    """
-    tpath = path / "_theme"
-    if not tpath.is_dir() or not (tpath / "theme.conf").is_file():
-        if not tpath.is_dir():
-            tpath.mkdir()
-        zpath = path / "theme.tgz"
-        if not zpath.is_file():
-            check_call(["curl", "-fsSL", url, "-o", str(zpath)])
-        tar_cmd = ["tar", "--strip-components=1", "-C", str(tpath), "-xvzf", str(zpath)]
-        check_call(tar_cmd)
+ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 
 
 def main():
@@ -41,11 +26,7 @@ def main():
     Build documentation/website
     """
     create_release_notes()
-    copyfile(str(DROOT / '..' / 'LICENSE.rst'), str(DROOT / 'license.rst'))
-    get_theme(
-        DROOT,
-        "https://codeload.github.com/buildthedocs/sphinx.theme/tar.gz/v1"
-    )
+    copyfile(str(ROOT / 'LICENSE.rst'), str(ROOT / 'docs/license.rst'))
     check_call(
         [
             sys.executable,