diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index fe5911a3a..cba2a17f5 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # requirements for building the docs
 
-sphinx==2.4.4
-sphinx-multiversion==0.1.1
-sphinx-theme==1.0
+sphinx==3.2.1
+sphinx-multiversion==0.2.4
 # lunr==0.5.8
 
 # recommonmark custom branch with evennia-specific fixes
diff --git a/docs/source/_templates/package.rst_t b/docs/source/_templates/package.rst_t
index 1469b5805..58f6b1357 100644
--- a/docs/source/_templates/package.rst_t
+++ b/docs/source/_templates/package.rst_t
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 {%- macro toctree(docnames) -%}
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 6
+   :maxdepth: {{ maxdepth }}
 {% for docname in docnames %}
    {{ docname }}
 {%- endfor %}
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 3016036e4..f0f4ca094 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import re
-import sphinx_theme
 from recommonmark.transform import AutoStructify
 from sphinx.util.osutil import cd
 
diff --git a/evennia/VERSION.txt b/evennia/VERSION.txt
index ac39a106c..b0bb87854 100644
--- a/evennia/VERSION.txt
+++ b/evennia/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.0
+0.9.5