diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 193d10700..75020d122 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ plugins:
   - mkdocstrings:
       handlers:
         python:
-          setup_commands:
-            - import os
-            - import django
-            - os.chdir('netbox/')
-            - os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "netbox.settings")
-            - django.setup()
+          paths: ["netbox"]
           options:
             heading_level: 3
             members_order: source
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4a9ac2aa0..19715f23a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ gunicorn==23.0.0
 Jinja2==3.1.6
 Markdown==3.7
 mkdocs-material==9.6.7
-mkdocstrings[python-legacy]==0.27.0
+mkdocstrings[python]==0.28.2
 netaddr==1.3.0
 nh3==0.2.21
 Pillow==11.1.0