diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c0a80e9..737815a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mock>=2.0 # BSD
 netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.13 # BSD
 
 # 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
 
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0