diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 6004987d2..93e9f741d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 coverage==4.5.1
 django-coverage-plugin==1.5.0
 
-Sphinx==1.7.0
+Sphinx==1.7.1
 django-extensions==2.0.0
 Werkzeug==0.14.1
 django-test-plus==1.0.22