attempt to fix ReadTheDocs build issue

.readthedocs.yaml

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+# .readthedocs.yaml
+# Read the Docs configuration file
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+# Set the version of Python and other tools you might need
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-20.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.9"
+    # You can also specify other tool versions:
+    # nodejs: "16"
+    # rust: "1.55"
+    # golang: "1.17"
+
+# Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/source/conf.py
+
+# If using Sphinx, optionally build your docs in additional formats such as PDF
+formats:
+  - pdf
+
+# Optionally declare the Python requirements required to build your docs
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt

docs/requirements.txt

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+sphinx>=4.0
+sphinx_rtd_theme==1.0.0

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def setup(app):
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
 #
-needs_sphinx = '1.5.3'
+needs_sphinx = '4.0'
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom