diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 562236e3..d13b278b 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
-openstackdocstheme>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Include horizon as test requirement
 http://tarballs.openstack.org/horizon/horizon-master.tar.gz#egg=horizon