diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 93b72c8..6b2609c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 rst2pdf
 six>=1.9.0
-sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2
+sphinx>=1.5.1 # BSD  -- to avoid https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/bugs/301/
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 sphinx_rtd_theme