diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 658130c8432..56cad11b2d2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ install:
     fi
     # Always install from pypi
     pip install $PRE pep8 cycler coveralls coverage python-dateutil pyparsing!=2.0.4
-    pip install pillow sphinx!=1.3.0 $MOCK numpydoc ipython colorspacious
+    pip install pillow sphinx==1.3.6 $MOCK numpydoc ipython colorspacious
     # Install nose from a build which has partial
     # support for python36 and suport for coverage output suppressing
     pip install git+https://github.com/jenshnielsen/nose.git@matplotlibnose