diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3da7ff72..052ecbd3 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ docutils==0.9.1
 oslosphinx
 pymongo>=2.4
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
-sphinx>=1.1.2,<1.2
+sphinx>=1.2.1,<1.3
 sphinxcontrib-docbookrestapi
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme>=0.8