diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 05c0a24a..70a261b5 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx!=3.4.0,>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.2.1 # BSD
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT