diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5f9f2884..0bcb1698 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ndg-httpsclient>=0.4.2;python_version<'3.0' # BSD
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
-openstackdocstheme>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
 doc8 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinxmark>=0.1.14 # Apache-2.0