diff --git a/tests/data/test_package_generation/pyproject.toml b/tests/data/test_package_generation/pyproject.toml
index 5eb5afe2..e5ee29bd 100644
--- a/tests/data/test_package_generation/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/data/test_package_generation/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ dev = [
     "twine",
 ]
 docs = [
-    "mkdocs",
     "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin",
     "mkdocs-material",
+    "mkdocs<2",
     "mkdocstrings",
     "mkdocstrings-python",
 ]
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index ff1c0861..cdc1ced8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ dev = [
     "twine",
 ]
 docs = [
-    "mkdocs",
     "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin",
     "mkdocs-material",
+    "mkdocs<2",
     "mkdocstrings",
     "mkdocstrings-python",
 ]