diff --git a/base_requirements.txt b/base_requirements.txt
index 8d74ede6c..9bf8680a5 100644
--- a/base_requirements.txt
+++ b/base_requirements.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ mkdocs-material
 
 # Introspection for embedded code
 # https://github.com/mkdocstrings/mkdocstrings/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
-mkdocstrings[python]
+mkdocstrings
+
+# Python handler for mkdocstrings
+# https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
+mkdocstrings-python
 
 # Library for manipulating IP prefixes and addresses
 # https://github.com/netaddr/netaddr/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 700d147b6..7a5439a99 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Jinja2==3.1.6
 jsonschema==4.25.0
 Markdown==3.8.2
 mkdocs-material==9.6.16
-mkdocstrings[python]==0.30.0
+mkdocstrings==0.30.0
+mkdocstrings-python==1.18.2
 netaddr==1.3.0
 nh3==0.3.0
 Pillow==11.3.0