diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 6eddd83..c0c76a5 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0