diff --git a/.oniro-ci/containers/docs-builder/Dockerfile b/.oniro-ci/containers/docs-builder/Dockerfile
index 5556ce606b06d694e5127f695ede3208170b7604..19246a0eb351e5182ce73d47f608c494121178b5 100644
--- a/.oniro-ci/containers/docs-builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/.oniro-ci/containers/docs-builder/Dockerfile
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq \
  && eatmydata apt-get install -qq -y 'ca-certificates=20211016~20.04.1' \
  && eatmydata apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN pip3 install sphinx-tabs
+# We need to fix the version here to avoid pulling docutils 0.18 which is
+# incompatible with the sphinx version from Ubuntu focal. See more here:
+# https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/9841
+RUN pip3 install sphinx-tabs==3.4.0