diff --git a/requirements-build-doc.txt b/requirements-build-doc.txt
index 9051e7518..c565a2319 100644
--- a/requirements-build-doc.txt
+++ b/requirements-build-doc.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # additional for building the sphinx doc and ipython notebook rst conversion
 matplotlib>=1.3.1
--e git://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx#egg=sphinx
+-e git://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx@stable#egg=sphinx
 ipython>=2.1.0
 
 # sphinx_rtd_theme from git