2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 094229e8..0425cf7e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {
         # for python 3.5 and earlier we need the third party mock module
         "mock ; python_version<'3.6'",
         'pytest', 'codecov', 'pytest-cov', 'pytest-mock', 'tox', 'pylint',
-        'sphinx<1.7.7', 'sphinx-rtd-theme', 'sphinx-autobuild', 'invoke', 'twine>=1.11',
+        'sphinx', 'sphinx-rtd-theme', 'sphinx-autobuild', 'invoke', 'twine>=1.11',
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 40a8ba5e..150589b7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ setenv =
 [testenv:docs]
 basepython = python3.5
 deps =
-  sphinx<1.7.7
+  sphinx
   sphinx-rtd-theme
 changedir = docs
 commands = sphinx-build -a -W -T -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees . {envtmpdir}/html