diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/noxfile.py.j2 b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/noxfile.py.j2
index 149fd5a84..3590242e2 100644
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/noxfile.py.j2
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/noxfile.py.j2
@@ -257,9 +257,7 @@ def docfx(session):
     """Build the docfx yaml files for this library."""
 
     session.install("-e", ".")
-    # sphinx-docfx-yaml supports up to sphinx version 1.5.5.
-    # https://github.com/docascode/sphinx-docfx-yaml/issues/97
-    session.install("sphinx==1.5.5", "alabaster", "recommonmark", "sphinx-docfx-yaml")
+    session.install("sphinx", "alabaster", "recommonmark", "gcp-sphinx-docfx-yaml")
 
     shutil.rmtree(os.path.join("docs", "_build"), ignore_errors=True)
     session.run(