diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index f1d6e8f5a72..e6a8fdfe064 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sphinx==7.4.7
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.17
 sphinx_design==0.6.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.1
-python-levenshtein==0.25.1
+python-levenshtein==0.26.0
 docutils==0.20.1
 pygments==2.18.0
 urllib3==2.2.3