diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b346e3a558a..48822f49090 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Routes>=1.12.3,!=2.0
 taskflow>=0.4
 rtslib-fb>=2.1.39
 six>=1.7.0
-SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,<=0.8.99,>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.1,!=0.9.2
 stevedore>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 suds>=0.4