diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extras_require = {
     # For the pipelines.lsst.io documentation project
     'pipelines': [
         'lsst-sphinx-bootstrap-theme>=0.1.0,<0.2.0',
-        'astropy-helpers>=1.2.0,<1.4.0',
+        'astropy-helpers>=3.0.0,<4.0.0',
         'breathe==4.4.0'
     ],
bump astropy_helpers to ~> <I>