diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 8aaf0f076..d153b6581 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 
 # Doc requirements
-sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.2.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx!=3.4.0,>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # releasenotes