diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index dd6f6ad44f..00be112339 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ lxml>=2.3 # BSD
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 # required to build documentation
-sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.2.1 # BSD
 os-api-ref>=0.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 # test wsgi apps without starting an http server
 WebTest>=2.0 # MIT