diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d89f744d..9cf0d378 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def get_nb_exclusion_patterns() -> list[str]:
 
 autosectionlabel_prefix_document = True
 bibtex_bibfiles = ["bibliography.bib"]
+bibtex_reference_style = "author_year"
 codeautolink_concat_default = True
 codeautolink_global_preface = """
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt