diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 65b6386a826..4744d1339c0 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sphinx==7.2.6
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.17
 sphinx_design==0.5.0
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0
-python-levenshtein==0.21.1
+python-levenshtein==0.22.0
 docutils==0.18.1
 pygments==2.16.1
 urllib3==2.0.6