diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 2d611a987a..fe436a6e59 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mock>=1.0
 mox>=0.5.3
 oslosphinx
 oslotest
-sphinx>=1.1.2,<1.2
+sphinx>=1.2.1,<1.3
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 testscenarios>=0.4
 testtools>=0.9.34