diff --git a/docs/develop/background.md b/docs/develop/background.md
index 4be19e03..b10efd1c 100644
--- a/docs/develop/background.md
+++ b/docs/develop/background.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ but there is no community standard around various syntactic choices for these fe
 Sphinx is a documentation generation framework written in Python. It heavily-utilizes
 reStructuredText syntax, which is another markup language for writing documents. In
 particular, Sphinx defines two extension points that are extremely useful:
-**{ref}`in-line roles<sphinx:rst-roles-alt>`** and **{ref}`block-level directives <sphinx:rst-directives>`**.
+**{ref}`in-line roles<sphinx:rst-roles>`** and **{ref}`block-level directives <sphinx:rst-directives>`**.
 
 **This project is an attempt at combining the simplicity and readability of Markdown
 with the power and flexibility of reStructuredText and the Sphinx platform.** It
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
index 7e6b13a2..1a7b5986 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ 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")
 
 
@@ -512,6 +514,8 @@ 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")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext.pot b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext.pot
index 933b8b6a..786fd536 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext.pot
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext.pot
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
 # Copyright (C) XXXX, Executable Book Project
-# This file is distributed under the same license as the Python package.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the Project name not set package.
 # FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
 #
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: Python \n"
+"Project-Id-Version: Project name not set \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: \n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext_additional_targets.pot b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext_additional_targets.pot
index 11c51d4e..a4443c6e 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext_additional_targets.pot
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_gettext_additional_targets.pot
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
 # Copyright (C) XXXX, Executable Book Project
-# This file is distributed under the same license as the Python package.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the Project name not set package.
 # FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
 #
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: Python \n"
+"Project-Id-Version: Project name not set \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: \n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3f27e557..25a7aaea 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ commands = pytest {posargs}
 extras =
     linkify
     rtd
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     rm
     echo
 passenv =