diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 36dfb0c9..443d1e12 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ndg-httpsclient>=0.4.2;python_version<'3.0' # BSD
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
-openstackdocstheme>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 doc8 # Apache-2.0
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinxmark>=0.1.14 # Apache-2.0