diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 89e763cab..b6a674ab1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ docs = [
     "deepmodeling_sphinx>=0.1.3",
     "pygments-lammps",
     "sphinxcontrib-bibtex",
-    "docutils!=0.18,!=0.19",
+    "docutils!=0.18.*,!=0.19.*",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]