diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f0f129b75f..c1176d2e0b 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pytest
 pytest-cov
 pluggy>=0.3.1
 randomize>=0.13
-sphinx>=1.4 # BSD
+sphinx>=7.4.7 # BSD
 sphinx_markdown_tables
 pycodestyle
 autopep8