diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5da2ca77..26a1ab2c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 python-openstackclient!=3.10.0,>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-sphinx>=1.5.1 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0