diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc_build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc_build.yml
index f4b458793..5af06dd04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc_build.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
       - main
   pull_request:
 
+env:
+  FORCE_COLOR: 1
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: html + linkcheck build
diff --git a/requirements_docs.txt b/requirements_docs.txt
index cef5a909d..c18b806f5 100644
--- a/requirements_docs.txt
+++ b/requirements_docs.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ xmlrpc2==0.3.1
 sphinx-argparse-cli==1.19.0
 
 git+https://github.com/pypa/pypa-docs-theme.git#egg=pypa-docs-theme
-git+https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme.git#egg=python-docs-theme
+python-docs-theme==2025.2
 
 # This is needed since autodoc imports all bandersnatch packages and modules
 # so imports must not fail or its containing module will NOT be documented.