diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-formats.yml b/.github/workflows/test-formats.yml
index e000c6c0..ebf6bb95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-formats.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-formats.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.11"
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.11"
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index f668ed51..4772cf03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.11"
     - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
 
   tests:
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-        sphinx: [">=8,<8.2"]
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        sphinx: [">=8,<9"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         include:
-        - os: ubuntu-latest
-          python-version: "3.10"
-          sphinx: ">=7,<8"
+        # - os: ubuntu-latest
+        #   python-version: "3.11"
+        #   sphinx: ">=7,<8"
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: "3.10"
-          sphinx: ">=7,<8"
+          python-version: "3.11"
+          sphinx: ">=8,<9"
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         pytest --cov=myst_parser --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing
         coverage xml
     - name: Upload to Codecov
-      if: github.repository == 'executablebooks/MyST-Parser' && matrix.python-version == 3.10 && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      if: github.repository == 'executablebooks/MyST-Parser' && matrix.python-version == 3.11 && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.11"
     - name: Install setup
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.11"
     - name: install flit
       run: |
         pip install flit~=3.4
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.11"
     - name: install flit and tomlkit
       run: |
         pip install flit~=3.4 tomlkit
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8097ec15..d83d53d5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ repos:
       args: [--config-file=pyproject.toml]
       additional_dependencies:
       - types-urllib3
-      - sphinx~=7.4
+      - sphinx~=8.2
       - markdown-it-py~=3.0
       - mdit-py-plugins~=0.4.0
       files: >
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index cb68e005..f166afb7 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.10"
+    python: "3.11"
 
 python:
   install:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2fc9589d..748bec75 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 suppress_warnings = ["myst.strikethrough"]
 
 intersphinx_mapping = {
-    "python": ("https://docs.python.org/3.10", None),
+    "python": ("https://docs.python.org/3.11", None),
     "sphinx": ("https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master", None),
     "markdown_it": ("https://markdown-it-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest", None),
 }
diff --git a/myst_parser/inventory.py b/myst_parser/inventory.py
index 0782752c..5ece7b6e 100644
--- a/myst_parser/inventory.py
+++ b/myst_parser/inventory.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def to_sphinx(inv: InventoryType) -> SphinxInventoryType:
     for domain_name, obj_types in inv["objects"].items():
         for obj_type, refs in obj_types.items():
             for refname, refdata in refs.items():
-                objs.setdefault(f"{domain_name}:{obj_type}", {})[refname] = (
+                objs.setdefault(f"{domain_name}:{obj_type}", {})[refname] = (  # type: ignore[assignment]
                     inv["name"],
                     inv["version"],
                     refdata["loc"],
diff --git a/myst_parser/sphinx_ext/main.py b/myst_parser/sphinx_ext/main.py
index f3fe0f4a..3788a5a2 100644
--- a/myst_parser/sphinx_ext/main.py
+++ b/myst_parser/sphinx_ext/main.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from typing import Any
 
-import sphinx
 from docutils import nodes
 from sphinx.application import Sphinx
 from sphinx.transforms import (
@@ -12,9 +11,7 @@
 from myst_parser.mdit_to_docutils.transforms import UnreferencedFootnotesDetector
 from myst_parser.parsers.docutils_ import (
     depart_container_html,
-    depart_rubric_html,
     visit_container_html,
-    visit_rubric_html,
 )
 from myst_parser.warnings_ import MystWarnings
 
@@ -51,13 +48,6 @@ def setup_sphinx(app: Sphinx, load_parser: bool = False) -> None:
 
     app.add_post_transform(MystReferenceResolver)
 
-    # override only the html writer visit methods for rubric, to use the "level" attribute
-    # this allows for nested headers to be correctly rendered
-    if sphinx.version_info < (7, 4):
-        # This is now added in sphinx: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/12506
-        app.add_node(
-            nodes.rubric, override=True, html=(visit_rubric_html, depart_rubric_html)
-        )
     # override only the html writer visit methods for container,
     # to remove the "container" class for divs
     # this avoids CSS clashes with the bootstrap theme
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e97dff7f..c8d53761 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
@@ -32,14 +31,14 @@ keywords = [
     "docutils",
     "sphinx",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "docutils>=0.19,<0.22",
     "jinja2", # required for substitutions, but let sphinx choose version
     "markdown-it-py~=3.0",
     "mdit-py-plugins~=0.4,>=0.4.1",
     "pyyaml",
-    "sphinx>=7,<9",
+    "sphinx>=8,<9",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ code_style = ["pre-commit~=4.0"]
 linkify = ["linkify-it-py~=2.0"]
 # Note: This is only required for internal use
 rtd = [
-    "sphinx>=7",
+    "sphinx>=8",
     "ipython",
     "sphinx-book-theme~=1.1",
     "sphinx-design",
diff --git a/tests/test_renderers/fixtures/sphinx_directives.md b/tests/test_renderers/fixtures/sphinx_directives.md
index bb2ba2df..357ba114 100644
--- a/tests/test_renderers/fixtures/sphinx_directives.md
+++ b/tests/test_renderers/fixtures/sphinx_directives.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object (`sphinx.directives.ObjectDescription`):
 .
 <document source="<src>/index.md">
     <index entries="">
-    <desc classes="object" desctype="object" domain="" nocontentsentry="False" noindex="False" noindexentry="False" objtype="object">
+    <desc classes="object" desctype="object" domain="" no-contents-entry="False" no-index="False" no-index-entry="False" no-typesetting="False" nocontentsentry="False" noindex="False" noindexentry="False" objtype="object">
         <desc_signature _toc_name="" _toc_parts="()" classes="sig sig-object">
             <desc_name classes="sig-name descname" xml:space="preserve">
                 something
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ math (`sphinx.directives.patches.MathDirective`):
 ```
 .
 <document source="<src>/index.md">
-    <math_block docname="index" label="True" nowrap="False" number="True" xml:space="preserve">
+    <math_block docname="index" label="True" no-wrap="False" nowrap="False" number="True" xml:space="preserve">
 .
 
 deprecated (`sphinx.domains.changeset.VersionChange`):
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ versionadded (`sphinx.domains.changeset.VersionChange`):
     <versionmodified type="versionadded" version="0.2">
         <paragraph translatable="False">
             <inline classes="versionmodified added">
-                New in version 0.2.
+                Added in version 0.2.
 .
 
 versionchanged (`sphinx.domains.changeset.VersionChange`):
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ term 2 : B
 ```
 .
 <document source="<src>/index.md">
-    <glossary>
+    <glossary sorted="False">
         <definition_list classes="glossary">
             <definition_list_item>
                 <term ids="term-term-1">
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ cmdoption (`sphinx.domains.std.Cmdoption`):
 .
 <document source="<src>/index.md">
     <index entries="('pair',\ 'command\ line\ option;\ a',\ 'cmdoption-arg-a',\ '',\ None)">
-    <desc classes="std cmdoption" desctype="cmdoption" domain="std" nocontentsentry="False" noindex="False" noindexentry="False" objtype="cmdoption">
+    <desc classes="std cmdoption" desctype="cmdoption" domain="std" no-contents-entry="False" no-index="False" no-index-entry="False" no-typesetting="False" nocontentsentry="False" noindex="False" noindexentry="False" objtype="cmdoption">
         <desc_signature _toc_name="" _toc_parts="()" allnames="a" classes="sig sig-object" ids="cmdoption-arg-a">
             <desc_name classes="sig-name descname" xml:space="preserve">
                 a
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ rst:directive (`sphinx.domains.rst.ReSTDirective`):
 .
 <document source="<src>/index.md">
     <index entries="('single',\ 'a\ (directive)',\ 'directive-a',\ '',\ None)">
-    <desc classes="rst directive" desctype="directive" domain="rst" nocontentsentry="False" noindex="False" noindexentry="False" objtype="directive">
+    <desc classes="rst directive" desctype="directive" domain="rst" no-contents-entry="False" no-index="False" no-index-entry="False" no-typesetting="False" nocontentsentry="False" noindex="False" noindexentry="False" objtype="directive">
         <desc_signature _toc_name=".. a::" _toc_parts="('a',)" classes="sig sig-object" fullname="a" ids="directive-a">
             <desc_name classes="sig-name descname" xml:space="preserve">
                 .. a::
diff --git a/tests/test_renderers/test_fixtures_sphinx.py b/tests/test_renderers/test_fixtures_sphinx.py
index f763251a..32e3c189 100644
--- a/tests/test_renderers/test_fixtures_sphinx.py
+++ b/tests/test_renderers/test_fixtures_sphinx.py
@@ -96,33 +96,9 @@ def test_sphinx_directives(
 
     sphinx_doctree_no_tr.set_conf({"extensions": ["myst_parser"]})
     pformat = sphinx_doctree_no_tr(file_params.content, "index.md").pformat("index")
-    # see https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/9827
-    pformat = pformat.replace('<glossary sorted="False">', "<glossary>")
     # see https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser/issues/522
     if sys.maxsize == 2147483647:
         pformat = pformat.replace('"2147483647"', '"9223372036854775807"')
-    # changed in sphinx 7.1 (but fixed in 7.2)
-    pformat = pformat.replace(
-        'classes="sig sig-object sig sig-object"', 'classes="sig sig-object"'
-    )
-    pformat = pformat.replace(
-        'classes="sig-name descname sig-name descname"', 'classes="sig-name descname"'
-    )
-    pformat = pformat.replace(
-        'classes="sig-prename descclassname sig-prename descclassname"',
-        'classes="sig-prename descclassname"',
-    )
-    # changed in sphinx 7.2 (#11533)
-    pformat = pformat.replace(
-        (
-            'no-contents-entry="False" no-index="False" '
-            'no-index-entry="False" no-typesetting="False" '
-        ),
-        "",
-    )
-    # changed in sphinx 7.3
-    pformat = pformat.replace("Added in version 0.2", "New in version 0.2")
-
     file_params.assert_expected(pformat, rstrip_lines=True)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/conftest.py b/tests/test_sphinx/conftest.py
index cdb2d999..83d2c01f 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/conftest.py
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ def read(
             for clearer_div in doc_div.findAll("div", {"class": "clearer"}):
                 clearer_div.decompose()
             text = doc_div.prettify()
-            # changed in sphinx 7.2
-            text = text.replace('"Link to this', '"Permalink to this')
             for find, rep in (replace or {}).items():
                 text = text.replace(find, rep)
             file_regression.check(text, extension=regress_ext, encoding="utf8")
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
index 8beb8748..59673db3 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
-import sphinx
 from sphinx.util.console import strip_colors
 
 SOURCE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "sourcedirs"))
@@ -41,10 +40,7 @@ def test_basic(
             app,
             docname="content",
             regress=True,
-            replace={
-                # changed in sphinx 7.1
-                '<literal classes="code" language="">': '<literal classes="code">',
-            },
+            replace={},
         )
     finally:
         get_sphinx_app_doctree(
@@ -52,10 +48,7 @@ def test_basic(
             docname="content",
             resolve=True,
             regress=True,
-            replace={
-                # changed in sphinx 7.1
-                '<literal classes="code" language="">': '<literal classes="code">',
-            },
+            replace={},
         )
     get_sphinx_app_output(
         app,
@@ -162,9 +155,6 @@ def test_references_singlehtml(
             regress=True,
             replace={
                 "other\\other.md": "other/other.md",
-                # changed in sphinx 7.3
-                '="#document-index': '="index.html#document-index',
-                '="#document-other': '="index.html#document-other',
             },
         )
 
@@ -444,8 +434,6 @@ def test_gettext(
     output = re.sub(r"POT-Creation-Date: [0-9: +-]+", "POT-Creation-Date: ", output)
     output = re.sub(r"Copyright \(C\) [0-9]{4}", "Copyright (C) XXXX", output)
 
-    if sphinx.version_info < (7, 4):
-        output = output.replace("Python ", "Project name not set ")
     file_regression.check(output, extension=".pot")
 
 
@@ -528,8 +516,6 @@ def test_gettext_additional_targets(
     output = re.sub(r"POT-Creation-Date: [0-9: +-]+", "POT-Creation-Date: ", output)
     output = re.sub(r"Copyright \(C\) [0-9]{4}", "Copyright (C) XXXX", output)
 
-    if sphinx.version_info < (7, 4):
-        output = output.replace("Python ", "Project name not set ")
     file_regression.check(output, extension=".pot")
 
 
@@ -577,20 +563,7 @@ def test_fieldlist_extension(
             app,
             docname="index",
             regress=True,
-            replace={
-                # changed in sphinx 7.2 for desc_sig_name node
-                'classes="n n"': 'classes="n"',
-                # changed in sphinx 7.2 for desc_parameterlist node
-                'multi_line_parameter_list="False" ': "",
-                # changed in sphinx 7.1 (but fixed in 7.2) for desc_signature/desc_name nodes
-                'classes="sig sig-object sig sig-object"': 'classes="sig sig-object"',
-                'classes="sig-name descname sig-name descname"': 'classes="sig-name descname"',
-                # changed in sphinx 7.2 (#11533)
-                (
-                    'no-contents-entry="False" no-index="False" '
-                    'no-index-entry="False" no-typesetting="False" '
-                ): "",
-            },
+            replace={},
         )
     finally:
         get_sphinx_app_output(
@@ -614,9 +587,6 @@ def test_texinfo(app, status, warning):
     assert warnings == ""
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    sphinx.version_info < (7, 2, 5), reason="include-read event added in sphinx 7.2.5"
-)
 @pytest.mark.sphinx(
     buildername="html",
     srcdir=os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, "includes"),
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.html
index b3e99c79..a87ea38a 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     </span>
     <h1>
      Header
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#header" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#header" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ <h1>
        <span class="caption-text">
         Caption
        </span>
-       <a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Permalink to this image">
+       <a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Link to this image">
         ¶
        </a>
       </p>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ <h1>
     <div class="math notranslate nohighlight" id="equation-eq-label">
      <span class="eqno">
       (1)
-      <a class="headerlink" href="#equation-eq-label" title="Permalink to this equation">
+      <a class="headerlink" href="#equation-eq-label" title="Link to this equation">
        ¶
       </a>
      </span>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.resolved.xml b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.resolved.xml
index 18605dc4..8e548702 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.resolved.xml
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.resolved.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 https://www.google.com
         <paragraph>
             <strong>
-                <literal classes="code">
+                <literal classes="code" language="">
                      a=1{`} 
         <paragraph>
             <math>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.xml b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.xml
index 72397484..7dfd0cd7 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.xml
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_basic.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 https://www.google.com
         <paragraph>
             <strong>
-                <literal classes="code">
+                <literal classes="code" language="">
                      a=1{`} 
         <paragraph>
             <math>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_commonmark_only.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_commonmark_only.html
index 381996f7..c993ac66 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_commonmark_only.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_commonmark_only.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <section id="test">
     <h1>
      Test
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#test" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#test" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.html
index 7657e922..962b72cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <section class="tex2jax_ignore mathjax_ignore" id="test">
     <h1>
      Test
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#test" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#test" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ <h1>
     <div class="math notranslate nohighlight" id="equation-2">
      <span class="eqno">
       (1)
-      <a class="headerlink" href="#equation-2" title="Permalink to this equation">
+      <a class="headerlink" href="#equation-2" title="Link to this equation">
        ¶
       </a>
      </span>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ <h1>
        <span class="caption-text">
         This is a caption in **Markdown**
        </span>
-       <a class="headerlink" href="#target" title="Permalink to this image">
+       <a class="headerlink" href="#target" title="Link to this image">
         ¶
        </a>
       </p>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ <h1>
        <span class="caption-text">
         This is a caption in **Markdown**
        </span>
-       <a class="headerlink" href="#other-target" title="Permalink to this image">
+       <a class="headerlink" href="#other-target" title="Link to this image">
         ¶
        </a>
       </p>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.xml b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.xml
index f2a03817..ae04d66e 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.xml
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_extended_syntaxes.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
             \begin{equation}
             b=2
             \end{equation}
-        <math_block docname="index" label="True" nowrap="False" number="True" xml:space="preserve">
+        <math_block docname="index" label="True" no-wrap="False" nowrap="False" number="True" xml:space="preserve">
             c=3
             
             d=4
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_fieldlist_extension.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_fieldlist_extension.html
index 8548f3d6..2285e23a 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_fieldlist_extension.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_fieldlist_extension.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <section id="test">
     <h1>
      Test
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#test" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#test" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ <h1>
       <span class="sig-paren">
        )
       </span>
-      <a class="headerlink" href="#send_message" title="Permalink to this definition">
+      <a class="headerlink" href="#send_message" title="Link to this definition">
        ¶
       </a>
      </dt>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_fieldlist_extension.xml b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_fieldlist_extension.xml
index 31648faf..7b529cf1 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_fieldlist_extension.xml
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_fieldlist_extension.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
                     <paragraph>
                         content
         <index entries="('pair',\ 'built-in\ function;\ send_message()',\ 'send_message',\ '',\ None)">
-        <desc classes="py function" desctype="function" domain="py" nocontentsentry="False" noindex="False" noindexentry="False" objtype="function">
+        <desc classes="py function" desctype="function" domain="py" no-contents-entry="False" no-index="False" no-index-entry="False" no-typesetting="False" nocontentsentry="False" noindex="False" noindexentry="False" objtype="function">
             <desc_signature _toc_name="send_message()" _toc_parts="('send_message',)" class="" classes="sig sig-object" fullname="send_message" ids="send_message" module="True">
                 <desc_name classes="sig-name descname" xml:space="preserve">
                     send_message
-                <desc_parameterlist xml:space="preserve">
+                <desc_parameterlist multi_line_parameter_list="False" multi_line_trailing_comma="True" xml:space="preserve">
                     <desc_parameter xml:space="preserve">
                         <desc_sig_name classes="n">
                             sender
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_footnotes.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_footnotes.html
index 9bda2486..804b0a78 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_footnotes.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_footnotes.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <section id="footnotes-with-markdown">
     <h1>
      Footnotes with Markdown
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#footnotes-with-markdown" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#footnotes-with-markdown" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_heading_slug_func.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_heading_slug_func.html
index 67c44157..611ce6c8 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_heading_slug_func.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_heading_slug_func.html
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
    <section id="hyphen-1">
     <h1>
      Hyphen - 1
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#hyphen-1" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#hyphen-1" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
     <section id="dot-1-1">
      <h2>
       Dot 1.1
-      <a class="headerlink" href="#dot-1-1" title="Permalink to this heading">
+      <a class="headerlink" href="#dot-1-1" title="Link to this heading">
        ¶
       </a>
      </h2>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_includes.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_includes.html
index fde9438f..a561b031 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_includes.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_includes.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <section id="main-title">
     <h1>
      Main Title
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#main-title" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#main-title" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <h1>
    <section id="markdown">
     <h1>
      Markdown
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#markdown" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#markdown" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ <h1>
      </span>
      <h2>
       A Sub-Heading in Include
-      <a class="headerlink" href="#a-sub-heading-in-include" title="Permalink to this heading">
+      <a class="headerlink" href="#a-sub-heading-in-include" title="Link to this heading">
        ¶
       </a>
      </h2>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ <h2>
     <section id="a-sub-heading-in-nested-include">
      <h2>
       A Sub-Heading in Nested Include
-      <a class="headerlink" href="#a-sub-heading-in-nested-include" title="Permalink to this heading">
+      <a class="headerlink" href="#a-sub-heading-in-nested-include" title="Link to this heading">
        ¶
       </a>
      </h2>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ <h2>
         <span class="caption-text">
          Caption
         </span>
-        <a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Permalink to this image">
+        <a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Link to this image">
          ¶
         </a>
        </p>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ <h2>
         <span class="caption-text">
          Caption
         </span>
-        <a class="headerlink" href="#id2" title="Permalink to this image">
+        <a class="headerlink" href="#id2" title="Link to this image">
          ¶
         </a>
        </p>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ <h2>
      <section id="a-sub-sub-heading">
       <h3>
        A Sub-sub-Heading
-       <a class="headerlink" href="#a-sub-sub-heading" title="Permalink to this heading">
+       <a class="headerlink" href="#a-sub-sub-heading" title="Link to this heading">
         ¶
        </a>
       </h3>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references.html
index 35d1aed7..23da570c 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <h1>
      <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">
       \(a=1\)
      </span>
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#title-with-nested-a-1" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#title-with-nested-a-1" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ <h2>
       <em>
        anchors
       </em>
-      <a class="headerlink" href="#title-anchors" title="Permalink to this heading">
+      <a class="headerlink" href="#title-anchors" title="Link to this heading">
        ¶
       </a>
      </h2>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ <h1>
        #
       </span>
      </code>
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#intersphinx-via" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#intersphinx-via" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ <h1>
     <h1>
      Image in title
      <img alt="badge" src="https://shields.io/or/something.svg"/>
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#image-in-title" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#image-in-title" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references_singlehtml.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references_singlehtml.html
index ac9ec0b7..bcf33d49 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references_singlehtml.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references_singlehtml.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <section id="title">
     <h1>
      Title
-     <a class="headerlink" href="#title" title="Permalink to this heading">
+     <a class="headerlink" href="#title" title="Link to this heading">
       ¶
      </a>
     </h1>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ <h1>
      <section id="other-index">
       <h2>
        Other Index
-       <a class="headerlink" href="#other-index" title="Permalink to this heading">
+       <a class="headerlink" href="#other-index" title="Link to this heading">
         ¶
        </a>
       </h2>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ <h2>
        <section id="other-title">
         <h3>
          Other Title
-         <a class="headerlink" href="#other-title" title="Permalink to this heading">
+         <a class="headerlink" href="#other-title" title="Link to this heading">
           ¶
          </a>
         </h3>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ <h3>
          </a>
         </p>
         <p>
-         <a class="reference internal" href="#title">
+         <a class="reference internal" href="#document-index#title">
           <span class="std std-ref">
            Title
           </span>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ <h3>
        <section id="other-2-title">
         <h3>
          Other 2 Title
-         <a class="headerlink" href="#other-2-title" title="Permalink to this heading">
+         <a class="headerlink" href="#other-2-title" title="Link to this heading">
           ¶
          </a>
         </h3>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ <h3>
      </a>
     </p>
     <p>
-     <a class="reference internal" href="#other-title">
+     <a class="reference internal" href="#document-other/other#other-title">
       <span class="std std-ref">
        Other Title
       </span>
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references_singlehtml.resolved.xml b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references_singlehtml.resolved.xml
index 249957fa..ee5598d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references_singlehtml.resolved.xml
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_references_singlehtml.resolved.xml
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
         <title>
             Other Title
         <paragraph>
-            <reference internal="True" refuri="index.html#document-other/other2">
+            <reference internal="True" refuri="#document-other/other2">
                 <inline classes="doc">
                     Other 2 Title
         <paragraph>
-            <reference internal="True" refuri="index.html#document-other/other2">
+            <reference internal="True" refuri="#document-other/other2">
                 <inline classes="doc doc doc">
                     Other 2 Title
         <paragraph>
-            <reference internal="True" refuri="index.html#document-other/other2">
+            <reference internal="True" refuri="#document-other/other2">
                 <inline classes="std std-doc">
                     Other 2 Title
         <paragraph>
-            <reference internal="True" refuri="index.html#document-index#title">
+            <reference internal="True" refuri="#document-index#title">
                 <inline classes="std std-ref">
                     Title
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8c4e286f..be0ec189 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@
 # then then deleting compiled files has been found to fix it: `find . -name \*.pyc -delete`
 
 [tox]
-envlist = py310-sphinx8
+envlist = py311-sphinx8
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = true
 
-[testenv:py{310,311,312,313}-sphinx{7,8}]
+[testenv:py{311,312,313}-sphinx{8}]
 deps =
-    sphinx7: sphinx>=7,<8
     sphinx8: sphinx>=8,<9
 extras =
     linkify