diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2d14a9780..6aa25e3d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.18
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
 sphinx_design==0.6.1
 sphinx-last-updated-by-git==0.3.8
-sphinx-sitemap==2.8.0
+sphinx-sitemap==2.9.0
 # fork of furo with a few changes that are not merged upstream
 git+https://github.com/haampie/furo.git@c1d161cb9e04b481ec3331db981aacfa132ecaa6#egg=furo
 python-levenshtein==0.27.1