diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 485a5d69bb28a2..0470a2b5a4fc96 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sphinx_design==0.5.0
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0
 python-levenshtein==0.23.0
 docutils==0.18.1
-pygments==2.17.1
+pygments==2.17.2
 urllib3==2.1.0
 pytest==7.4.3
 isort==5.12.0