diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 9bda297eb..7634080ca 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+version: 2
+
 formats:
   - pdf
 
@@ -6,7 +8,10 @@ build:
 
 python:
   version: 3.7
-  pip_install: true
-  extra_requirements:
-    - docs
-    - mongo
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
+    - method: pip
+      path: .
+      extra_requirements:
+        - docs
+        - mongo
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3655b9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# We still need this because RTD is special
+setuptools==40.8.0