diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5ed50a0211..e53e43da1a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 Jinja2
 doc8  # Apache-2.0
 openstack-doc-tools>=0.18.1
-sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 oslosphinx>=2.2.0  # Apache-2.0