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@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 #. `@trexfeathers`_ improved the handling of benchmark environments, especially
     when working across Python versions. (:pull:`6329`)
 
+#. `@trexfeathers`_ temporarily pinned Sphinx to `<8.2`.
+   (:pull:`6344`, :issue:`6345`)
+
 
 .. comment
     Whatsnew author names (@github name) in alphabetical order. Note that,
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies:
   - requests
 
 # Documentation dependencies.
-  - sphinx
+  - sphinx <8.2
   - sphinxcontrib-apidoc
   - sphinx-copybutton
   - sphinx-gallery >=0.11.0
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies:
   - requests
 
 # Documentation dependencies.
-  - sphinx
+  - sphinx <8.2
   - sphinxcontrib-apidoc
   - sphinx-copybutton
   - sphinx-gallery >=0.11.0
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies:
   - requests
 
 # Documentation dependencies.
-  - sphinx
+  - sphinx <8.2
   - sphinxcontrib-apidoc
   - sphinx-copybutton
   - sphinx-gallery >=0.11.0