diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index dd334ab1e84..c98b75b5f85 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@
 # Could set NO_ET environment variable, but why?
 MOCKS = [
     "etelemetry",
-    "matplotlib",
-    "matplotlib.pyplot",
-    "matplotlib.cm",
-    "matplotlib.colors",
-    "matplotlib.colorbar",
 ]
 sys.modules.update({mod: mock.Mock() for mod in MOCKS})
 
@@ -69,6 +64,7 @@
 ]
 
 autodoc_mock_imports = [
+    "matplotlib",
     "nilearn",
     "nitime",
     "numpy",
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 6bd964b2edc..db83983331a 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 attrs
 furo ~= 2022.4.7
 nipype >= 1.5.1
+nireports >= 23.0.1
 traits < 6.4
 packaging
 sphinx ~= 4.2