diff --git a/docs/root/requirements.txt b/docs/root/requirements.txt
index 542ff3d2..4321f44b 100644
--- a/docs/root/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/root/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Sphinx>=1.3.5
+Sphinx>=1.4.8
 recommonmark>=0.4.0
 sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.1.9
 sphinxcontrib-napoleon>=0.4.4
diff --git a/docs/server/requirements.txt b/docs/server/requirements.txt
index 542ff3d2..4321f44b 100644
--- a/docs/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/server/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Sphinx>=1.3.5
+Sphinx>=1.4.8
 recommonmark>=0.4.0
 sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.1.9
 sphinxcontrib-napoleon>=0.4.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 57c25678..4043c0be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ dev_require = [
 ]
 
 docs_require = [
-    'Sphinx>=1.3.5',
+    'Sphinx>=1.4.8',
     'recommonmark>=0.4.0',
     'sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.1.9',
     'sphinxcontrib-httpdomain>=1.5.0',
+    'sphinxcontrib-napoleon>=0.4.4',
 ]
 
 benchmarks_require = [