diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb42ca19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: 2
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-20.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.9"
+mkdocs:
+  configuration: mkdocs.yml
+python:
+   install:
+   - requirements: requirements.txt
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 01e70a364..89fa01e57 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ site_dir: netbox/project-static/docs
 site_url: https://netbox.readthedocs.io/
 repo_name: netbox-community/netbox
 repo_url: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox
-python:
-  install:
-  - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
 theme:
   name: material
   icon: