diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 2603752fe..54a1c1e13 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ddt==1.0.1
 debtcollector==1.19.0
 decorator==4.2.1
 deprecation==2.0
-docutils==0.11
+docutils==0.12
 dogpile.cache==0.6.5
 dulwich==0.19.0
 enum-compat==0.0.2
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 2e42c1a50..9a6d4b280 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ hacking>=3.0.1,<3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 ddt>=1.0.1 # MIT
-docutils>=0.11 # OSI-Approved Open Source, Public Domain
+docutils>=0.12 # OSI-Approved Open Source, Public Domain
 python-subunit>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 stestr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0