diff --git a/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm b/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
index a3958d2c9b5..c76a1453b25 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Alexandros Theodotou <alex@zrythm.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -47,14 +48,14 @@
 (define-public python-sphinx
   (package
     (name "python-sphinx")
-    (version "2.2.0")
+    (version "2.3.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "Sphinx" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0ig8s94xg0p6h9y5s3ns9x8i10b24ihzvs65b5jwrhrgih7nnn0d"))))
+         "19a28nsb0w4bs6k8rdfyk6vzrcwdpvhs2wq77rgpmww59yvndrz6"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases