diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.in b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.in
index 9c7021beb80..8c7fae632f7 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.in
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.in
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ sphinx == 4.2.0
 sphinx-notfound-page
 sphinx-ansible-theme
 straight.plugin
-antsibull-docs == 1.0.0  # currently approved version
+rstcheck < 4  # match version used in other sanity tests
+antsibull-docs == 1.5.0  # currently approved version
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.txt
index dd7083f61c6..c61abf6ffb0 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 # edit "docs-build.requirements.in" and generate with: hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py --test docs-build
-aiofiles==0.8.0
+aiofiles==22.1.0
 aiohttp==3.8.1
 aiosignal==1.2.0
 alabaster==0.7.12
 ansible-pygments==0.1.1
-antsibull-core==1.1.0
-antsibull-docs==1.0.0
+antsibull-core==1.2.0
+antsibull-docs==1.5.0
 async-timeout==4.0.2
 asyncio-pool==0.6.0
 attrs==22.1.0
 Babel==2.10.3
-certifi==2022.6.15
-charset-normalizer==2.1.0
+certifi==2022.9.14
+charset-normalizer==2.1.1
 docutils==0.17.1
 frozenlist==1.3.1
-idna==3.3
+idna==3.4
 imagesize==1.4.1
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 MarkupSafe==2.1.1
 multidict==6.0.2
 packaging==21.3
 perky==0.5.5
-pydantic==1.9.1
-Pygments==2.12.0
+pydantic==1.10.2
+Pygments==2.13.0
 pyparsing==3.0.9
-pytz==2022.1
+pytz==2022.2.1
 PyYAML==6.0
 requests==2.28.1
 resolvelib==0.8.1
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
 straight.plugin==1.5.0
 Twiggy==0.5.1
 typing-extensions==4.3.0
-urllib3==1.26.11
+urllib3==1.26.12
 yarl==1.8.1
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/rstcheck.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/rstcheck.requirements.txt
index c9527ec3e51..81d5c4f0fc3 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/rstcheck.requirements.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/rstcheck.requirements.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # edit "rstcheck.requirements.in" and generate with: hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py --test rstcheck
 alabaster==0.7.12
 Babel==2.10.3
-certifi==2022.6.15
-charset-normalizer==2.1.0
+certifi==2022.9.14
+charset-normalizer==2.1.1
 docutils==0.17.1
-idna==3.3
+idna==3.4
 imagesize==1.4.1
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 MarkupSafe==2.1.1
 packaging==21.3
-Pygments==2.12.0
+Pygments==2.13.0
 pyparsing==3.0.9
-pytz==2022.1
+pytz==2022.2.1
 requests==2.28.1
 rstcheck==3.5.0
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
 sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
-urllib3==1.26.11
+urllib3==1.26.12