diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 0581f6f1..41de112e 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ iso8601
 lockfile
 netaddr
 argparse
-SQLAlchemy==0.7.8
+SQLAlchemy>=0.7.3,<=0.7.9
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.7.2
 eventlet
 anyjson>=0.3.1