diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 4854d361..d3373815 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,!=2.1.0,>=1.6.2 # BSD
 openstackdocstheme>=1.30.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # This is required for the releasenotes build jobs
-reno # Apache-2.0
+reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0