diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index e12a8554e..f74b64bf0 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sphinx==5.0.2
 numpydoc
 sphinx-automodapi
 jupyter_sphinx
-nbsphinx
+nbsphinx==0.8.6
 qiskit-sphinx-theme
 jupyter_nbgallery