diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/940.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/940.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad00dd4b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/940.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi] from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 in the doc-dependencies group
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 32893e9d00..d9b2480818 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ tests = [
 ]
 doc = [
   "ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.5.0",
-  "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi]==1.2.0",
+  "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi]==1.2.1",
   "jupyter-sphinx==0.5.3",
   "numpydoc==1.8.0",
   "sphinx==8.1.3",