diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 19b45ea413..f8793be48a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 # needed for doc build
-sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 flake8-import-order==0.11 # LGPLv3
-openstackdocstheme>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0