diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4fb685..79c3ab9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ __pycache__/
 _version.py
 /build/
 /dist/
+/.python-version
 
 # Testing
 /.coverage
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5adb3e..b2a00db 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ test = [
 ]
 doc = [
     'scanpydoc[typehints]',
+    'sphinx<7', # https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme/issues/1463
     'sphinx-rtd-theme',
 ]
 typehints = ['sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.15.2']
diff --git a/src/scanpydoc/definition_list_typed_field.py b/src/scanpydoc/definition_list_typed_field.py
index 2566b8e..a8231f1 100644
--- a/src/scanpydoc/definition_list_typed_field.py
+++ b/src/scanpydoc/definition_list_typed_field.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def make_refs(role_name, name, node):
         def handle_item(
             fieldarg: str, content: list[nodes.inline]
         ) -> nodes.definition_list_item:
-            head = nodes.term()
+            head = nodes.inline()
             head += make_refs(self.rolename, fieldarg, addnodes.literal_strong)
             field_type = types.pop(fieldarg, None)
             if field_type is not None:
@@ -61,15 +61,16 @@ def handle_item(
                 else:
                     head += field_type
 
+            # Contents are wrapped into a span for pydata sphinx theme
+            head_wrap = nodes.term("", "", head)
             body_content = nodes.paragraph("", "", *content)
             body = nodes.definition("", body_content)
 
-            return nodes.definition_list_item("", head, body)
+            return nodes.definition_list_item("", head_wrap, body)
 
         field_name = nodes.field_name("", self.label)
         assert not self.can_collapse
-        # “field-list” for pydata sphinx theme
-        body_node = self.list_type(classes=["field-list"])
+        body_node = self.list_type(classes=["simple"])
         for field_arg, content in items:
             body_node += handle_item(field_arg, content)
         field_body = nodes.field_body("", body_node)