diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 16369c29b5..ce1782f0f7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ httplib2>=0.7.5 # MIT
 pycrypto>=2.6 # Public Domain
 oslo.config!=3.18.0,>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.concurrency>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.context>=2.9.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.context>=2.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.17.1 # Apache-2.0
 futurist!=0.15.0,>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 6898a438fa..e3ba21fcac 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
-sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.4,>=1.2.1 # BSD
+sphinx>=1.5.1 # BSD
 requests!=2.12.2,>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testresources>=0.2.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD