diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 9a7715e2..83a329a1 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
-reno>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Include horizon as test requirement
 http://tarballs.openstack.org/horizon/horizon-master.tar.gz#egg=horizon