diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc064583ca5..acde62e6e25 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Requirements for building PEPs with Sphinx
+
 # Sphinx requires >= 2.17. JSON5 support added in 2.19
-Pygments >= 2.19
+# Temporary archive install, pending release of Pygments > 2.20.0
+# https://github.com/pygments/pygments/discussions/3145
+pygments @ git+https://github.com/pygments/pygments@2cad2642058441b59782a6a18f03c98c42d081f1
+
 # Sphinx 6.1.0 broke copying images in parallel builds; fixed in 6.1.2
 # See https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/11100
 Sphinx >= 5.1.1, != 6.1.0, != 6.1.1, < 8.1.0