diff --git a/general/prog/python-modules/sphinx.xml b/general/prog/python-modules/sphinx.xml
index 1b7cec79eb..497849bf9a 100644
--- a/general/prog/python-modules/sphinx.xml
+++ b/general/prog/python-modules/sphinx.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY sphinx-download-http "https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/archive/v&sphinx-version;/sphinx-&sphinx-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY sphinx-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY sphinx-md5sum        "31630b560986f7bb5d379e97f8f6f08b">
+  <!ENTITY sphinx-md5sum        "84831fc1892cf813cabd4daf91459baf">
   <!ENTITY sphinx-size          "6.4 MB">
   <!ENTITY sphinx-buildsize     "26 MB (add 36 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY sphinx-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (0.9 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY sphinx-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (1.0 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
   <sect2 id="sphinx" xreflabel="sphinx-&sphinx-version;">
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ python3 /usr/bin/pytest<!-- no && because of a possible error -->
 deactivate</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      One test, <command>tests/test_config.py::test_needs_sphinx</command>
-      is known to fail.
+      Four subtests in <command>tests/test_ext_math.py</command>
+      are known to fail.
     </para>
 
     </sect3>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 30159045e5..ac3377f4ad 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
     -->
+   <listitem>
+     <para>May 3rd, 2023</para>
+     <itemizedlist>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sphinx-7.0.0 (Python module). Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;17994">#17994</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+   </listitem>
+
    <listitem>
      <para>May 2nd, 2023</para>
      <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 94d4875db5..4e05eb980e 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY scour-version                "0.38.2">
 <!ENTITY six-version                  "1.16.0">
 <!ENTITY six-md5sum                   "a7c927740e4964dd29b72cebfc1429bb">
-<!ENTITY sphinx-version               "6.2.1">
+<!ENTITY sphinx-version               "7.0.0">
 <!ENTITY sphinx_rtd_theme-version     "1.2.0">
 <!ENTITY sphinx_rtd_theme-md5sum      "e05658f53b4274bbe0756671bc188181">