diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index ec0680d01..8f48c1de9 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ WebOb>=1.2
 kombu
 iso8601
 argparse
-SQLAlchemy>=0.7.3,<=0.7.9
+SQLAlchemy>=0.7,<=0.7.99
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.7.2
 pymongo>=2.2
 eventlet