diff --git a/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh b/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh
index 99340383700ae..57486f1822ca5 100755
--- a/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh
+++ b/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ conda create -n $CONDA_ENV_NAME --yes --quiet python="${PYTHON_VERSION:-*}" \
   joblib
 
 source activate testenv
-pip install "sphinx-gallery>=0.2,<0.3"
+pip install sphinx-gallery==0.3.1
 pip install numpydoc==0.9
 
 # Build and install scikit-learn in dev mode