diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3e8d17de9..f21a4ad24 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 lxml!=3.7.0,>=2.3 # BSD
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 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
 sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme>=0.8 # Apache-2.0