diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 2cedacd9b..ce29c2ccd 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 ddt>=1.0.1 # MIT
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
-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