diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 6093b173..f8cbffdb 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Sphinx==7.2.6
 sphinx-rtd-theme==2.0.0
 
 # local path to itwinai module, assuming that pip install -r docs/requirements.txt is run form the repository root
-.[dev]
+.