diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3e1b63438..c546121a2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "sphinx.ext.coverage",
     "sphinx.ext.ifconfig",
     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
-    "recommonmark",
+    "myst_parser",
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 679f8e13d..a2e349586 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ aiounittest
 flake8
 wheel>=0.22.0
 cryptography
-recommonmark
+myst-parser
 django
 multidict
 pyngrok