diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 51e5652..6f0fc66 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ watchdog==0.8.3
 flake8==3.3.0
 tox==2.7.0
 coverage==4.4.1
-Sphinx==1.6.3
+Sphinx==8.1.3
 cryptography==1.9
 PyYAML==3.12
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