diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 6f2b7c96..49b9e0aa 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=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
 ddt>=1.0.1 # MIT
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0