diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 4772cf03..e3ad753f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        docutils-version: ["0.19", "0.20", "0.21"]
+        docutils-version: ["0.20", "0.21"]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bbef7038..9e65c5fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ keywords = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
-    "docutils>=0.19,<0.22",
+    "docutils>=0.20,<0.22",
     "jinja2", # required for substitutions, but let sphinx choose version
     "markdown-it-py~=4.0",
     "mdit-py-plugins~=0.5",
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
index 59673db3..1d01eaee 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
@@ -474,14 +474,7 @@ def test_gettext_html(
         filename="index.html",
         regress_html=True,
         regress_ext=".html",
-        replace={
-            # upstream bug https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/11689
-            '"Permalink to this heading"': '"Lien permanent vers cette rubrique"',
-            # which was fixed to a different translation in sphinx 7.3
-            '"Lien vers cette rubrique"': '"Lien permanent vers cette rubrique"',
-            # changed in docutils>0.19
-            ' role="note">': ' role="doc-footnote">',
-        },
+        replace={},
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext_html.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext_html.html
index 7e497f62..a77dc404 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext_html.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext_html.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <h1>
      <strong>
       gras
      </strong>
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#bold-text-1" title="Lien permanent vers cette rubrique">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#bold-text-1" title="Lien vers cette rubrique">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>