diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5330654bfd3..1f66c683793 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ sphinx-basic-ng==1.0.0b2
     # via furo
 sphinx-favicon==1.0.1
     # via qcodes (pyproject.toml)
-sphinx-issues==4.1.0
+sphinx-issues==5.0.0
     # via qcodes (pyproject.toml)
 sphinx-jsonschema==1.19.1
     # via qcodes (pyproject.toml)