diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9191a93a..d2d57118 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 # Horizon Core Requirements
 Babel!=2.4.0,>=2.3.4 # BSD
-Django<2.0,>=1.8 # BSD
+Django<2.0,>=1.11 # BSD
 django-compressor>=2.0 # MIT
 iso8601>=0.1.11 # MIT
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b369b33a..22989603 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ django-nose>=1.4.4 # BSD
 mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
 mox3>=0.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-sphinx!=1.6.6,<1.7.0,>=1.6.2 # BSD
+sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2 # BSD
 openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD