diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3e173af4..8b0da0e5 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0