diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3cb6dcf2bb15..5c8596880716 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ line-length = 160
 fast = true
 skip-string-normalization = true
 extend-exclude = "awx_collection"
+
+[tool.pip-tools]
+resolver = "backtracking"
+allow-unsafe = true
+strip-extras = true
+quiet = true
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b7be636c79ad..726992c26961 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ exclude = awx/ui/node_modules,awx/ui/node_modules,env,awx_collection_build
 
 [testenv:pip-compile-docs]
 description = Compile docs build requirements
+deps =
+  # pyproject.toml was introduced in v7
+  pip-tools >= 7
 allowlist_externals = pip-compile
 commands =
-  pip-compile --allow-unsafe --output-file=docs/docsite/requirements.txt --strip-extras docs/docsite/requirements.in
+  pip-compile --output-file=docs/docsite/requirements.txt --strip-extras docs/docsite/requirements.in
 
 [testenv:docs]
 description = Build documentation