diff --git a/swh/web/tests/common/test_utils.py b/swh/web/tests/common/test_utils.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/common/test_utils.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import datetime
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
+import docutils
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
 import pytest
 
 from django.conf.urls import url
@@ -122,24 +124,29 @@
         "#. It has two items too.\n"
     )
 
+    if parse_version(docutils.__version__) >= parse_version("0.17"):
+        (section_open, section_close) = ("section", "section")
+    else:
+        (section_open, section_close) = ('div class="section"', "div")
+
     expected_html = (
-        '<div class="swh-rst"><h1 class="title">Section</h1>\n'
-        "<p><strong>Some strong text</strong></p>\n"
-        '<div class="section" id="subsection">\n'
-        "<h2>Subsection</h2>\n"
-        '<ul class="simple">\n'
-        "<li><p>This is a bulleted list.</p></li>\n"
-        "<li><p>It has two items, the second\n"
-        "item uses two lines.</p></li>\n"
-        "</ul>\n"
-        '<ol class="arabic simple">\n'
-        "<li><p>This is a numbered list.</p></li>\n"
-        "<li><p>It has two items too.</p></li>\n"
-        "<li><p>This is a numbered list.</p></li>\n"
-        "<li><p>It has two items too.</p></li>\n"
-        "</ol>\n"
-        "</div>\n"
-        "</div>"
+        f'<div class="swh-rst"><h1 class="title">Section</h1>\n'
+        f"<p><strong>Some strong text</strong></p>\n"
+        f'<{section_open} id="subsection">\n'
+        f"<h2>Subsection</h2>\n"
+        f'<ul class="simple">\n'
+        f"<li><p>This is a bulleted list.</p></li>\n"
+        f"<li><p>It has two items, the second\n"
+        f"item uses two lines.</p></li>\n"
+        f"</ul>\n"
+        f'<ol class="arabic simple">\n'
+        f"<li><p>This is a numbered list.</p></li>\n"
+        f"<li><p>It has two items too.</p></li>\n"
+        f"<li><p>This is a numbered list.</p></li>\n"
+        f"<li><p>It has two items too.</p></li>\n"
+        f"</ol>\n"
+        f"</{section_close}>\n"
+        f"</div>"
     )
 
     assert utils.rst_to_html(rst) == expected_html