diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 3d063a80..80eda5ea 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Werkzeug==1.0.1 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.13.2  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
-Sphinx==3.0.4  # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
+Sphinx==3.1.1  # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 psycopg2==2.8.5 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- else %}