diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bdd3e93..416c997 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 docutils==0.9.1
 oslosphinx
-pbr>=0.6,<1.0
-sphinx>=1.1.2,<1.2
+pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 testtools>=0.9.34