diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 1c6c6d4c8012..621eb6d9c1d3 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ python-barbicanclient>=4.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-ironicclient>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 requests-mock>=1.1 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
 os-api-ref>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ testresources>=0.2.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-openstackdocstheme>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 gabbi>=1.30.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # vmwareapi driver specific dependencies