diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 186b3857..4f566278 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -564,10 +564,7 @@ check-security-code-only: mkdir-reports  ## run security checks on source code
 .PHONY: check-docs-only
 check-docs-only: check-doc8-only check-docf-only check-links-only	## run every code documentation checks
 
-# FIXME: temporary workaround (https://github.com/PyCQA/doc8/issues/145 and https://github.com/PyCQA/doc8/issues/147)
-# 		configuration somehow not picked up directly from setup.cfg in python 3.11
-#		setting 'ignore-path-errors' not working without the full path (relative 'docs/changes.rst' fails)
-CHECK_DOC8_XARGS := --ignore-path-errors "$(APP_ROOT)/docs/changes.rst;D000"
+CHECK_DOC8_XARGS ?=
 
 .PHONY: check-doc8-only
 check-doc8-only: mkdir-reports		## run PEP8 documentation style checks
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 9d4450d7..6423961b 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ codacy-coverage>=1.3.11
 coverage==5.5; python_version < "3"  # pyup: ignore
 coverage>=5.5; python_version >= "3"
 doc8; python_version < "3.6"
-doc8>=0.8; python_version >= "3.6"
+doc8>=1.1.2; python_version >= "3.7"
 docformatter==1.4; python_version < "3.6"  # pyup: ignore
 docformatter; python_version >= "3.6"
 flake8; python_version < "3.6"