diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/2228.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/2228.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aef96966d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/2228.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi] from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 in the docs-deps group
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 255037d5a7..fb38077b04 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ tests-minimal = [
     "pyyaml==6.0.2",
 ]
 doc = [
-    "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi]==1.6.0",
+    "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi]==1.6.1",
     "ansys-tools-path==0.7.3",
     "ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.11.0",
     "beartype==0.21.0",