diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 9e09e31e995946..9f49c5010ed525 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ sphinx_design==0.4.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.2
 python-levenshtein==0.21.1
 docutils==0.18.1
-pygments==2.15.1
+pygments==2.16.1
 urllib3==2.0.3