diff --git a/conda-envs/environment-dev-py37.yml b/conda-envs/environment-dev-py37.yml
index 443706aebe..5458f8e866 100644
--- a/conda-envs/environment-dev-py37.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/environment-dev-py37.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
 - ipython
 - myst-nb
 - numpy>=1.15
-- numpydoc>=0.9
+- numpydoc<1.2
 - pandas>=0.24
 - pip
 - pre-commit>=2.8.0
diff --git a/conda-envs/environment-dev-py38.yml b/conda-envs/environment-dev-py38.yml
index 74dcaed219..4db5da94df 100644
--- a/conda-envs/environment-dev-py38.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/environment-dev-py38.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
 - ipython
 - myst-nb
 - numpy>=1.15.0
-- numpydoc>=0.9
+- numpydoc<1.2
 - pandas>=0.24.0
 - pip
 - pre-commit>=2.8.0
diff --git a/conda-envs/environment-dev-py39.yml b/conda-envs/environment-dev-py39.yml
index ecdb9ff042..fd9ebf0747 100644
--- a/conda-envs/environment-dev-py39.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/environment-dev-py39.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
 - ipython
 - myst-nb
 - numpy>=1.15.0
-- numpydoc>=0.9
+- numpydoc<1.2
 - pandas
 - pip
 - pre-commit>=2.8.0
diff --git a/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev-py38.yml b/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev-py38.yml
index 0f39063ef3..9872f2baa0 100644
--- a/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev-py38.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev-py38.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies:
 # Extra stuff for dev, testing and docs build
 - ipython
 - myst-nb
-- numpydoc>=0.9
+- numpydoc<1.2
 - pre-commit>=2.8.0
 - pydata-sphinx-theme
 - pytest-cov>=2.5
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index fc9294db00..d037798484 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ h5py>=2.7
 ipython
 myst-nb
 numpy>=1.15.0
-numpydoc>=0.9
+numpydoc<1.2
 pandas
 polyagamma
 pre-commit>=2.8.0