diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck-core/default.nix
index a867a9434820..b296f5dc168d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck-core/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'types-docutils = ">=0.18, <0.19"' 'types-docutils = ">=0.18"'
+      --replace 'types-docutils = ">=0.18, <0.19"' 'types-docutils = ">=0.18"' \
+      --replace 'docutils = ">=0.7, <0.19"' 'docutils = ">=0.7"'
   '';
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [