diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 648e046d21..1aec4ebba4 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Requirements file for pip
 # list of Python packages used in documentation build
-sphinx==2.0.0
+sphinx==2.0.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme
 m2r
 breathe==4.13.0