diff --git a/user_manual_builder/conf.py b/user_manual_builder/conf.py
index b256d4fe95..e03fbb2e39 100644
--- a/user_manual_builder/conf.py
+++ b/user_manual_builder/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
-if 'Open' in tags.tags.keys():
+if 'Open' in tags:
     exclude_patterns.extend(['Compliance_Tab.rst', 'Allocations_Tab.rst'])
 
 numfig = True
diff --git a/user_manual_builder/requirements.txt b/user_manual_builder/requirements.txt
index cacfd0d9b4..7badc2dba4 100644
--- a/user_manual_builder/requirements.txt
+++ b/user_manual_builder/requirements.txt
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
-alabaster==0.7.13
-Babel==2.11.0
-certifi==2024.2.2
-charset-normalizer==2.0.12
-docutils==0.18.1
-idna==3.6
+alabaster==1.0.0
+Babel==2.17.0
+certifi==2025.4.26
+charset-normalizer==3.4.1
+docutils==0.21.2
+idna==3.10
 imagesize==1.4.1
-importlib-metadata==4.8.3
-Jinja2==3.0.3
-MarkupSafe==2.0.1
-packaging==21.3
-Pygments==2.14.0
-pyparsing==3.1.1
+importlib-metadata==8.7.0
+Jinja2==3.1.6
+MarkupSafe==3.0.2
+packaging==25.0
+Pygments==2.19.1
+pyparsing==3.2.3
 pytz==2024.1
-requests==2.27.1
+requests==2.32.3
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
-Sphinx==5.3.0
-sphinx-rtd-theme==2.0.0
-sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
-sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
+Sphinx==8.3.0
+sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.2
+sphinxcontrib-applehelp==2.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-devhelp==2.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.1.0
 sphinxcontrib-jquery==4.1
 sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
-sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
-typing_extensions==4.1.1
-urllib3==1.26.18
-zipp==3.6.0
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0
+typing_extensions==4.13.2
+urllib3==2.4.0
+zipp==3.21.0
diff --git a/user_manual_builder/setup.sh b/user_manual_builder/setup.sh
index 80428b30c6..85ab747c9e 100755
--- a/user_manual_builder/setup.sh
+++ b/user_manual_builder/setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ BUILDENV=$BUILDDIR/sphinx_venv
 
 rm -rf $BUILDENV
 
-python3 -m venv $BUILDENV
+dnf install -y python3.11
+python3.11 -m venv $BUILDENV
 source $BUILDENV/bin/activate
 
 pip3 install --upgrade pip