diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b9b6fe56..ad43ae8f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ docs = [
 # https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/DOCPR-2387
 docs-starter-pack = [
     "canonical-sphinx>=0.5.1",
-    "myst-parser~=4.0",
+    "myst-parser~=5.0",
     "packaging>=25.0",
     "rst2html>=2020.7.4",
     "sphinx-autobuild>=2025.8.25",