diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 0b43dde2d..4ebbfa462 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -r base.txt
 coverage==4.1
 django-coverage-plugin==1.3.1
-Sphinx
+Sphinx==1.4.4
 django-extensions==1.6.7
 Werkzeug==0.11.10
 django-test-plus==1.0.13