diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index ff25da8b..da69d4f3 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # 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
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT