diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7ba5bd70c6..c7cd71fd9d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ test-full = [
     "scanpy[dask-ml]",
 ]
 doc = [
-    "sphinx>=7",
+    # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/13366
+    "sphinx>=7,<8.2.0",
     "sphinx-book-theme>=1.1.0",
     "scanpydoc>=0.14.1",
     "sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.25.2",
diff --git a/src/scanpy/_compat.py b/src/scanpy/_compat.py
index 9ea7780b0d..68bacb7bcc 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/_compat.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/_compat.py
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ def old_positionals(*old_positionals: str):
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
 
-    @wraps(BaseException.add_note)
     def add_note(exc: BaseException, note: str) -> None:
         exc.add_note(note)
 else: