diff --git a/doc/developer.xml b/doc/developer.xml
index aa3cc62c0..074c7f36d 100644
--- a/doc/developer.xml
+++ b/doc/developer.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-               "docbook/dtd/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+                      "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
 <book>
   <title>The Music Player Daemon - Developer's Manual</title>
 
diff --git a/doc/protocol.xml b/doc/protocol.xml
index 839aa2d03..3a64f1a1b 100644
--- a/doc/protocol.xml
+++ b/doc/protocol.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-               "docbook/dtd/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+                      "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
 <book>
   <title>The Music Player Daemon protocol</title>
 
diff --git a/doc/user.xml b/doc/user.xml
index 3d9ed623c..40f625a9c 100644
--- a/doc/user.xml
+++ b/doc/user.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-               "docbook/dtd/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+                      "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
 <book>
   <title>The Music Player Daemon - User's Manual</title>