diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index a8f853e3cf1a36..b80324805c5760 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==2.0.0
-python-levenshtein==0.25.1
+python-levenshtein==0.26.1
 docutils==0.21.2
 pygments==2.18.0
 urllib3==2.2.3