diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 079e7a7085..68027de523 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 # required to build documentation
-openstackdocstheme>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx!=1.6.6,>=1.6.2 # BSD
 reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD