diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 637dd9ce4e..ada72fcf09 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ python-keystoneclient!=1.8.0,!=2.1.0,>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-neutronclient>=4.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-novaclient!=2.33.0,>=2.29.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.2.1 # BSD
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT