diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 153acc8d6e21d4755be021acc653ba5cffae44f6..fa7af2993e653d49a5c2f26b26c0c24e18f8d9ea 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ todo_include_todos = False
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-html_theme = 'alabaster'
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 00dbd07fcd64fd56db393dcea55f539cb2a4eb5e..35a03580255a55c0103e1a3810417ea50edffd6e 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ sphinx
 numpydoc
 nbsphinx
 autodoc
+sphinx_rtd_theme