diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 6d55b9e..239e9ee 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sphinx==7.2.6
 sphinx_rtd_theme==2.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-apidoc
 readthedocs-sphinx-search==0.3.2
-recommonmark==0.7.1
+myst-parser
 jinja2==3.1.6
 
 # needed for sphinxcontrib-apidoc to do its thing
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index fb6d003..8eaa45c 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 exclude_patterns = ['build']
-source_suffix = '.rst'
+source_suffix = {'.rst': 'restructuredtext'}
 master_doc = 'index'
 language = 'en'
 exclude_patterns = []
 pygments_style = None
 
 extensions = [
-    'recommonmark',
+    'myst_parser',
     'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
     'sphinx.ext.coverage',
     'sphinx.ext.doctest',