diff --git a/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
index dc502d121ffc..a94c1b7ba95c 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-sphinx>=5.1.0
+sphinx>=8.1.0
 furo>=2022.3.4
 myst-parser>=4.0.0
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 7f5fe9d43d5f..ddc9923c6c93 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "mypy"
-copyright = "2012-2022 Jukka Lehtosalo and mypy contributors"
+copyright = "2012-%Y Jukka Lehtosalo and mypy contributors"
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the