diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 9a7e055596..ad90dc7421 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ selenium>=2.50.1  # Apache-2.0
 # NOT set an upper bound on setuptools, as that will lead to uninstallable
 # situations as progressive releases of projects are done.
 setuptools>=16.0  # PSF/ZPL
-sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3  # BSD
+sphinx>=1.2.1,!=1.3b1,<1.3  # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-blockdiag  # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain  # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-seqdiag  # BSD