diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/requirements.txt b/docs/mkdocs/requirements.txt
index c827a25e8..cd474d1fc 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jsmin==3.0.1
 livereload==2.6.3
 lunr==0.6.2
 Markdown==3.3.7            # we cannot install a more recent version yet as mkdocs 1.4.2 depends on markdown<3.4
-markdown-include==0.8.0
+markdown-include==0.8.1
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
 mergedeep==1.3.4
 mkdocs==1.4.2