diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 0acd5ec1..76914834 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Werkzeug==0.16.0 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.12.3  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
-Sphinx==2.3.0  # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
+Sphinx==2.3.1  # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 psycopg2==2.8.3 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- else %}