diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 2eb3b04ea..bfcba0ace 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: "ubuntu-22.04"
   tools:
-   python: "3.8"
+   python: "3.11"
 
 python:
    install:
diff --git a/docs/source/modules/brain-score_web.rst b/docs/source/modules/brain-score_web.rst
index f5bac35f2..d655cd7a2 100644
--- a/docs/source/modules/brain-score_web.rst
+++ b/docs/source/modules/brain-score_web.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Brain Score Administrators:
 
 Once you have these values, continue by ensuring you are using ``<= python@3.8``. You can do this by first checking if you have 3.8 installed::
 
-    python3.8 --version
+    python3.11 --version
 
 And if not, install it::
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ And if not, install it::
 
 Next, create and activate a virtual environment::
 
-    python3.8 -m venv <env_name>
+    python3.11 -m venv <env_name>
     source <env_name>/bin/activate
 
 Then, clone the repository and change to the ``brain-score.web`` directory::
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b2e291112..c553eb108 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 asgiref==3.7.2
-backports.zoneinfo==0.2.1
 boto3==1.28.15
 botocore==1.31.15
 certifi==2023.7.22