diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
index 29220438a50..332616aae53 100644
--- a/tools/test-requires
+++ b/tools/test-requires
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ openstack.nose_plugin
 nosehtmloutput
 pep8==1.3.3
 pylint==0.25.2
-sphinx>=1.1.2
+sphinx>=1.1.2,<1.2
 MySQL-python
 psycopg2
 hp3parclient>=1.0.0