diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 685f9bea..2927d2c2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-python-ironicclient>=1.14.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-ironicclient>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f370878f..b4b70783 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
-openstackdocstheme>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
+sphinx!=1.6.6,>=1.6.2 # BSD
+openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Include horizon as test requirement
 http://tarballs.openstack.org/horizon/horizon-master.tar.gz#egg=horizon