diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3469e863..576f5bed 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ python-subunit>=0.0.18
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 testscenarios>=0.4
 testtools>=0.9.34
-oslotest>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslotest>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 
 # when we can require tox>= 1.4, this can go into tox.ini:
 #  [testenv:cover]
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ oslotest>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=3.6
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 oslosphinx>=2.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 
 # mocking framework