diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5d30627b..6c9394a8 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ndg-httpsclient>=0.4.2;python_version<'3.0' # BSD
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
-openstackdocstheme>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 doc8 # Apache-2.0
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 Jinja2!=2.9.0,!=2.9.1,!=2.9.2,!=2.9.3,!=2.9.4,>=2.8 # BSD License (3 clause)