diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ac079b076..e3abc9d21 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "alabaster>=0.7.14",
     "imagesize>=1.3",
     "requests>=2.30.0",
+    "roman-numerals-py>=1.0.0",
     "packaging>=23.0",
     "colorama>=0.4.6; sys_platform == 'win32'",
 ]
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 2dffd7e3f..454543b04 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, cast
 
 from docutils import nodes, writers
+from roman_numerals import RomanNumeral
 
 from sphinx import addnodes, highlighting
 from sphinx.errors import SphinxError
@@ -24,12 +25,6 @@ from sphinx.util.nodes import clean_astext, get_prev_node
 from sphinx.util.template import LaTeXRenderer
 from sphinx.util.texescape import tex_replace_map
 
-try:
-    from docutils.utils.roman import toRoman
-except ImportError:
-    # In Debian/Ubuntu, roman package is provided as roman, not as docutils.utils.roman
-    from roman import toRoman  # type: ignore[no-redef, import-not-found]
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from docutils.nodes import Element, Node, Text
 
@@ -1421,8 +1416,9 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(SphinxTranslator):
             else:
                 return get_nested_level(node.parent)
 
-        enum = 'enum%s' % toRoman(get_nested_level(node)).lower()
-        enumnext = 'enum%s' % toRoman(get_nested_level(node) + 1).lower()
+        nested_level = get_nested_level(node)
+        enum = f'enum{RomanNumeral(nested_level).to_lowercase()}'
+        enumnext = f'enum{RomanNumeral(nested_level + 1).to_lowercase()}'
         style = ENUMERATE_LIST_STYLE.get(get_enumtype(node))
         prefix = node.get('prefix', '')
         suffix = node.get('suffix', '.')