diff --git a/textproc/py-myst-parser/Makefile b/textproc/py-myst-parser/Makefile
index 855d16b5a60b..d3b9d75c1598 100644
--- a/textproc/py-myst-parser/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-myst-parser/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 # Created by: Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	myst-parser
 PORTVERSION=	0.15.2
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Extended commonmark compliant parser with bridges to docutils & sphinx
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docutils>=0.15<0.18:textproc/py-docutils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docutils>=0.15,1<0.18,1:textproc/py-docutils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>=0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markdown-it-py>=1.0.0<2.0.0:textproc/py-markdown-it-py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mdit-py-plugins>=0.2.8<0.3:textproc/py-mdit-py-plugins@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yaml>=0:devel/py-yaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=3.1,1<5,1:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>