diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index 0f822da69..e924c2c3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get -y update
           sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip
-          pip install mkdocs-material pygments==2.8.1 mkdocs-redirects
+          pip install mkdocs-material pygments==2.9.0 mkdocs-redirects
 
       - name: Build site 🔧
         run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9fe18d9e..bbc5b1471 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ https://mailcow.github.io/mailcow-dockerized-docs
 To build it locally, you need the [Material theme for MkDocs](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/), [MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/) itself and [Pygments](http://pygments.org/). To install these with [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/) and get it up and running, fire up your terminal and enter
 
 ```
-pip install mkdocs-material pygments==2.8.1 mkdocs-redirects
+pip install mkdocs-material pygments==2.9.0 mkdocs-redirects
 mkdocs serve
 ```