diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 6e031dad..fba04ced 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ oslosphinx>=2.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 psycopg2
 pylint==0.25.2
-sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.1,!=0.9.2
 testrepository>=0.0.18