diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
index acbf68a7de..22938c1cea 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ dependencies:
 * :pypi:`asgiref` 3.9.1+ (required)
 * :pypi:`bcrypt` 4.1.1+
 * :pypi:`colorama` 0.4.6+
-* :pypi:`docutils` 0.19+
+* :pypi:`docutils` 0.22+
 * :pypi:`geoip2` 4.8.0+
 * :pypi:`Jinja2` 2.11+
 * :pypi:`numpy` 1.26.0+
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/admindocs.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/admindocs.txt
index 1355c83356..27e8b6251a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/admindocs.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/admindocs.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ the following:
   your ``urlpatterns``. Make sure it's included *before* the
   ``'admin/'`` entry, so that requests to ``/admin/doc/`` don't get
   handled by the latter entry.
-* Install the :pypi:`docutils` 0.19+ package.
+* Install the :pypi:`docutils` 0.22+ package.
 * **Optional:** Using the admindocs bookmarklets requires
   ``django.contrib.admindocs.middleware.XViewMiddleware`` to be installed.
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.0.txt b/docs/releases/6.0.txt
index 0c9da42cc6..d90be35b1b 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/6.0.txt
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ of each library are the first to add or confirm compatibility with Python 3.12:
 * ``aiosmtpd`` 1.4.5
 * ``argon2-cffi`` 23.1.0
 * ``bcrypt`` 4.1.1
+* ``docutils`` 0.22
 * ``geoip2`` 4.8.0
 * ``Pillow`` 10.1.0
 * ``mysqlclient`` 2.2.1
diff --git a/tests/admin_docs/test_utils.py b/tests/admin_docs/test_utils.py
index 8152857263..2369fe5106 100644
--- a/tests/admin_docs/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/admin_docs/test_utils.py
@@ -133,5 +133,5 @@ class TestUtils(AdminDocsSimpleTestCase):
         )
         source = "reST, `interpreted text`, default role."
         markup = "<p>reST, <cite>interpreted text</cite>, default role.</p>\n"
-        parts = docutils.core.publish_parts(source=source, writer_name="html4css1")
+        parts = docutils.core.publish_parts(source=source, writer="html4css1")
         self.assertEqual(parts["fragment"], markup)
diff --git a/tests/requirements/py3.txt b/tests/requirements/py3.txt
index 76a017aab4..4fbf425e48 100644
--- a/tests/requirements/py3.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements/py3.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ asgiref >= 3.9.1
 argon2-cffi >= 23.1.0
 bcrypt >= 4.1.1
 black >= 25.9.0
-docutils >= 0.19
+docutils >= 0.22
 geoip2 >= 4.8.0
 jinja2 >= 2.11.0
 numpy >= 1.26.0