diff --git a/dev/create-release/spark-rm/Dockerfile b/dev/create-release/spark-rm/Dockerfile
index 20f1dde036..ecfb6762d9 100644
--- a/dev/create-release/spark-rm/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/create-release/spark-rm/Dockerfile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ARG APT_INSTALL="apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y"
 #   We should use the latest Sphinx version once this is fixed.
 # TODO(SPARK-35375): Jinja2 3.0.0+ causes error when building with Sphinx.
 #   See also https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-35375.
-ARG PIP_PKGS="sphinx==3.0.4 mkdocs==1.1.2 numpy==1.19.4 pydata_sphinx_theme==0.4.1 ipython==7.19.0 nbsphinx==0.8.0 numpydoc==1.1.0 jinja2==2.11.3 twine==3.4.1"
+ARG PIP_PKGS="sphinx==3.0.4 mkdocs==1.1.2 numpy==1.19.4 pydata_sphinx_theme==0.4.1 ipython==7.19.0 nbsphinx==0.8.0 numpydoc==1.1.0 jinja2==2.11.3 twine==3.4.1 sphinx-plotly-directive==0.1.3"
 ARG GEM_PKGS="bundler:2.2.9"
 
 # Install extra needed repos and refresh.
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 4d341f9e1e..d5d04c6d35 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ See also https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-35375.
 -->
 
 ```sh
-$ sudo pip install 'sphinx<3.1.0' mkdocs numpy pydata_sphinx_theme ipython nbsphinx numpydoc 'jinja2<3.0.0'
+$ sudo pip install 'sphinx<3.1.0' mkdocs numpy pydata_sphinx_theme ipython nbsphinx numpydoc sphinx-plotly-directive 'jinja2<3.0.0'
 ```
 
 ## Generating the Documentation HTML