diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 7b6a1f5cf..2d1afab82 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, Arm Limited. All rights reserved
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ build:
   jobs:
     post_create_environment:
       - pip install poetry=="1.3.2"
-      - poetry config virtualenvs.create false
     post_install:
-      - poetry install --with doc
+      - VIRTUAL_ENV=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH poetry install --with docs
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py