diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbdc904b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+version: 2
+build:
+  image: latest
+formats:
+  - htmlzip
+  - epub
+  - pdf
+python:
+   version: 3.7
+   install:
+      - method: pip
+        path: .
+        extra_requirements:
+            - docs
+sphinx:
+  builder: html
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+  fail_on_warning: true
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index c45874f3..2cbaf7b4 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sphinx_rtd_theme
-
 from platformdirs.version import __version__
 
 author = "The platformdirs team"
@@ -12,11 +10,4 @@
     "sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel",
     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
 ]
-html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
-html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
-html_theme_options = {
-    "canonical_url": "https://platformdirs.readthedocs.io/",
-    "display_version": True,
-    "prev_next_buttons_location": "bottom",
-    "sticky_navigation": True,
-}
+html_theme = "furo"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 23b12d7d..ee80a4a6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ where = src
 [options.extras_require]
 docs =
     Sphinx>=4.1.1,<5.0.0
+    furo>=2021.7.5b38
     proselint>=0.10.2
-    sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.4.3
 test =
     appdirs@https://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs/archive/8eacfa312d77aba28d483fbfb6f6fc54099622be.zip
     pytest>=6
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ff8211d9..ba626526 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ commands =
 extras =
     docs
 commands =
-    python -c 'import glob; import subprocess; subprocess.call(["proselint"] + glob.glob("docs/*.rst") + glob.glob("docs/**/*.rst"))'
+    python -c 'import glob; import subprocess; subprocess.call(["proselint"] + glob.glob("docs/*.rst"))'
     sphinx-build -d "{envtmpdir}/doctree" docs "{toxworkdir}/docs_out" --color -b html {posargs}
     python -c 'import pathlib; print("documentation available under \{0\}".format((pathlib.Path(r"{toxworkdir}") / "docs_out" / "index.html").as_uri()))'