diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 3df762f8b..bd07432b4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -r base.txt
 coverage==4.2
 django-coverage-plugin==1.3.1
-Sphinx==1.4.9
+Sphinx==1.5
 django-extensions==1.7.5
 Werkzeug==0.11.11
 django-test-plus==1.0.16