diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 88bca9f..255dafd 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
 
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-20.04
+  os: ubuntu-lts-latest
   tools:
     python: "3"
 
diff --git a/adafruit_rgb_display/rgb.py b/adafruit_rgb_display/rgb.py
index 8cfa5c9..0227cce 100644
--- a/adafruit_rgb_display/rgb.py
+++ b/adafruit_rgb_display/rgb.py
@@ -255,6 +255,19 @@ def rotation(self, val: int) -> None:
             raise ValueError("Rotation must be 0/90/180/270")
         self._rotation = val
 
+    @property
+    def root_group(self) -> None:
+        """Placeholder attribute to catch displayio use"""
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "Please use a displayio driver for the display. This is the pixel-level driver."
+        )
+
+    @root_group.setter
+    def root_group(self, val) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "Please use a displayio driver for the display. This is the pixel-level driver."
+        )
+
 
 class DisplaySPI(Display):
     """Base class for SPI type devices"""
diff --git a/docs/_static/custom.css b/docs/_static/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d60cf4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_static/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Sam Blenny
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+/* Monkey patch the rtd theme to prevent horizontal stacking of short items
+ * see https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme/issues/1301
+ */
+.py.property{display: block !important;}
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6ad6c55..6b33eca 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
 
+# Include extra css to work around rtd theme glitches
+html_css_files = ["custom.css"]
+
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to use as a favicon of
 # the docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
 # pixels large.
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 6818392..bd41569 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ extend-select = [
   "PLC2401",  # non-ascii-name
   "PLC2801",  # unnecessary-dunder-call
   "PLC3002",  # unnecessary-direct-lambda-call
-  "E999",  # syntax-error
   "PLE0101",  # return-in-init
   "F706",  # return-outside-function
   "F704",  # yield-outside-function