diff --git a/requirements/doc.txt b/requirements/doc.txt
index cf229fe7f..ec53d1b7c 100644
--- a/requirements/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 docutils==0.14
 releases==1.4.0 # updated from 1.3.1
-sphinx==1.6.6
+sphinx==1.7.0
 alagitpull==0.0.16