diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 83a329a1..f90c28de 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 
 # 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
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Include horizon as test requirement