diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 06ead2b2a7..60ab7b974d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -531,5 +531,5 @@ def setup(app):
 linkcheck_retries = 50
 
 # JupyterLite configuration
-# Use Path as jupyterlite-sphinx expects PosixPath
-jupyterlite_dir = Path("lite")
+# jupyterlite-sphinx v0.13.0+ expects str
+jupyterlite_dir = str(Path("lite"))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f113ca1fed..034be5f52f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ docs = [
     "ipywidgets",
     "sphinx-issues",
     "sphinx-copybutton>=0.3.2,!=0.5.1",
-    "jupyterlite-sphinx>=0.8.0",
+    "jupyterlite-sphinx>=0.13.1",  # c.f. https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/pull/2458
     "jupyterlite-pyodide-kernel>=0.0.7",
     "jupytext>=1.14.0",
     "ipython!=8.7.0",  # c.f. https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyhf/pull/2068