diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 8d64167..942a7c3 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 hacking>=0.8.0,<0.9
 # needed for doc build
 docutils==0.9.1
-sphinx>=1.1.2,<1.2
+sphinx>=1.2.1,<1.3
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 oslosphinx
 mox>=0.5.3