diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 31991e852..66d4b09bc 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # 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
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # AMQP 1.0 support depends on the Qpid Proton AMQP 1.0