diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index e08cfc97..c5cd6d9f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Werkzeug==0.14.1  # pyup: < 0.15 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.12  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
-Sphinx==2.0.1  # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
+Sphinx==2.1.0  # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 psycopg2==2.8.2 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- else %}