diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 44175623c5e..0e84c48faf8 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sphinx==8.2.3
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.18
 sphinx_design==0.6.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.2
-python-levenshtein==0.26.1
+python-levenshtein==0.27.1
 docutils==0.21.2
 pygments==2.19.1
 urllib3==2.3.0