diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 27488cec2..c2a9527d0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ six>=1.7.0
 # FIXME(markmc): remove this when the drivers no longer
 # import eventlet
 
-eventlet>=0.15.1
+eventlet>=0.15.2
 
 # used by oslo.i18n
 Babel>=1.3
diff --git a/test-requirements-py3.txt b/test-requirements-py3.txt
index fc126ca62..ce46c400f 100644
--- a/test-requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/test-requirements-py3.txt
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ oslotest>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=3.6
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 oslosphinx>=2.2.0  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 6bf70b195..9399e2531 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ qpid-python
 coverage>=3.6
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
-sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
+sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3
 oslosphinx>=2.2.0  # Apache-2.0