diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index e444afc1d..9956c7cc3 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sphinx==1.8.5
-sphinx_rtd_theme==1.0.0
-readthedocs-sphinx-search==0.1.1
-jinja2==3.0.0
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+sphinx==7.2.6
+sphinx_rtd_theme==2.0.0
+readthedocs-sphinx-search==0.3.2
+jinja2==3.1.3
diff --git a/host/README.md b/host/README.md
index f2fb47852..f0168c5ab 100644
--- a/host/README.md
+++ b/host/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,26 @@ You can build and install from ports:
 # make install
 ```
 
+## How to build the host software on macOS:
+
+### Install dependencies
+
+Homebrew: `brew install cmake libusb pkg-config`
+
+Install FFTW from [this guide](https://www.fftw.org/install/mac.html)
+
+### Build it
+```sh
+mkdir host/build
+cd host/build
+cmake ..
+make
+sudo make install
+sudo update_dyld_shared_cache # equivalent to ldconfig in linux
+```
+
+## Credits
+
 principal author: Michael Ossmann <mike@ossmann.com>
 
 http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/