diff --git a/eng/tox/tox.ini b/eng/tox/tox.ini
index 9fc976fce0dd..ec796181c886 100644
--- a/eng/tox/tox.ini
+++ b/eng/tox/tox.ini
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ changedir = {toxinidir}
 passenv = *
 deps =
   {[base]deps}
-  sphinx==3.0.4
-  sphinx_rtd_theme==0.5.0
+  sphinx==1.5.5
+  sphinx_rtd_theme==0.3.0
   recommonmark==0.6.0
   m2r==0.2.1
 commands =