diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3b12cb8dd..9818c31ec 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mock>=2.0 # BSD
 python-keystoneclient!=1.8.0,!=2.1.0,>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-cinderclient!=1.7.0,!=1.7.1,>=1.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests-mock>=0.7.0 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.2.1 # BSD
 os-client-config>=1.13.1 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx!=3.4.0,>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD