diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index fe5852b2..a4ad8d5f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ hacking<0.13,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-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
 os-testr>=0.8.0 # Apache-2.0