diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c0546cf..20b29f4 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 flake8-import-order==0.12 # LGPLv3
 python-subunit>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2,<2.0.0;python_version=='2.7'  # BSD
+sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2;python_version>='3.4'  # BSD
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT