diff --git a/requirements/check.txt b/requirements/check.txt
index 0a4b3c6cf..02e5b6443 100644
--- a/requirements/check.txt
+++ b/requirements/check.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ m2r==0.3.1
 pep8-naming==0.13.3
 pydocstyle==6.3.0
 pylint==2.17.4
-readme-renderer==37.3
+readme-renderer==40.0