diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index a8be59ce1..5ae4b96a0 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build:
   image: latest
 
 python:
-  version: 3.7
+  version: 3.8
   install:
     - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
     - method: pip
diff --git a/changelog.d/3258.misc.rst b/changelog.d/3258.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f809ccdc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3258.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump python version to 3.8 in RTD configuration.