Dependencies: Permit installation of Sphinx 9.x

Author: amotl

CHANGES.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Unreleased
 - Made driver projects use a standalone primary navigation
 - Removed outmoded database drivers section
 - Added external-link icon to Support and Community TOC entries.
+- Dependencies: Permitted installation of Sphinx 9.x
 
 2026/01/14 0.47.0
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setup.py

@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
         "myst-nb<1.4",
         "myst-parser[linkify]<5",
         "snowballstemmer<4",
-        "sphinx>=7.1,<9",
+        "sphinx>=7.1,<10",
         "sphinx-basic-ng==1.0.0b2",
         "sphinx-copybutton>=0.3.1,<1",
-        "sphinx-design-elements==0.4.1",
+        "sphinx-design-elements<0.5",
         "sphinx-inline-tabs",
         "sphinx-sitemap<2.10.0",
         "sphinx-togglebutton<1",