diff --git a/test-requirements-asyncio.txt b/test-requirements-asyncio.txt
index 9f9b87eba8..a41fefc96e 100644
--- a/test-requirements-asyncio.txt
+++ b/test-requirements-asyncio.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ py>=1.4.31
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 randomize>=0.13
-sphinx>=1.4 # BSD
+sphinx>=8.1.3 # BSD
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f0f129b75f..1c8a669fc8 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pytest
 pytest-cov
 pluggy>=0.3.1
 randomize>=0.13
-sphinx>=1.4 # BSD
+sphinx>=8.1.3 # BSD
 sphinx_markdown_tables
 pycodestyle
 autopep8