diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d859abe97..7c6a7956c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
-reno>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # AMQP 1.0 support depends on the Qpid Proton AMQP 1.0
 # development libraries.