diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index af08a5a075..3b8f197617 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ tornado
 toolz
 cloudpickle
 git+https://github.com/dask/dask
-sphinx>=8,<9  # FIXME https://github.com/dask/distributed/issues/9189
+sphinx>=8
 dask-sphinx-theme>=4.0.0
 sphinx-click
 memray
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 3c0155a592..91eb1aaa69 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from inspect import signature
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
@@ -7,11 +8,21 @@
 # -- Configuration to keep autosummary in sync with autoclass::members ----------------------------------------------
 # Fixes issues/3693
 # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20569011/python-sphinx-autosummary-automated-listing-of-member-functions
-from sphinx.ext.autosummary import Autosummary, get_documenter
+from sphinx.ext import autosummary as sphinx_autosummary
+from sphinx.ext.autosummary import Autosummary
 from sphinx.util.inspect import safe_getattr
 
 import distributed
 
+
+def get_documenter_objtype(app, obj, parent):
+    """Return the Sphinx autodoc object type for an object."""
+    get_documenter = sphinx_autosummary._get_documenter
+    if "registry" in signature(get_documenter).parameters:
+        return get_documenter(obj, parent, registry=app.registry).objtype
+    return get_documenter(obj, parent)
+
+
 #
 # Dask.distributed documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Tue Oct  6 14:42:44 2015.
@@ -458,10 +469,10 @@ def get_members(app, obj, typ, include_public=None):
         items = []
         for name in sorted(obj.__dict__.keys()):
             try:
-                documenter = get_documenter(app, safe_getattr(obj, name), obj)
+                objtype = get_documenter_objtype(app, safe_getattr(obj, name), obj)
             except AttributeError:
                 continue
-            if documenter.objtype in typ:
+            if objtype in typ:
                 items.append(name)
         public = [x for x in items if x in include_public or not x.startswith("_")]
         return public, items