diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 4626f54..d21f121 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
 
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.5 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.5,<2.0.0;python_version=='2.7' # BSD
+sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.5;python_version>='3.4' # BSD
 openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT