diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d5edfbd..30d39f1 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
 doc8 # 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
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD