diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cfa7b048..4440a50c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def read(fname):
     author_email="pav@iki.fi",
     url="https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io",
     license="BSD",
-    install_requires=["sphinx >= 1.2.3", 'Jinja2>=2.3'],
+    install_requires=["sphinx >= 1.6.5", 'Jinja2>=2.3'],
     package_data={'numpydoc': ['tests/test_*.py', 'templates/*.rst']},
     test_suite = 'nose.collector',
     cmdclass={"sdist": sdist},