diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c2d83c8b..c976cf8c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.2.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx!=3.4.0,>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=1.6.2 # Apache2