diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f63d34e..215f28b 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 hacking>=0.9.2,<0.10
 # needed for doc build
 docutils==0.9.1
-sphinx>=1.2.1,<1.3
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 oslosphinx
 mox>=0.5.3