diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bac51a7..69374ce 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ setup(
     ],
     install_requires=[
         'six',
-        'SQLAlchemy>=0.9.3',
+        'SQLAlchemy>=0.9.9',
         'total_ordering>=0.1'
         if sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] < 7 else '',
         'ordereddict>=1.1'
diff --git a/tests/test_sort_query.py b/tests/test_sort_query.py
index 31702eb..2f8332c 100644
--- a/tests/test_sort_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_sort_query.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class TestSortQueryWithPolymorphicInheritance(TestCase):
             self.session.query(self.TextItem),
             'item_count'
         )
-        assert_contains('ORDER BY (SELECT count(:param_2) AS count_2', query)
+        assert_contains('ORDER BY (SELECT count(:param_2) AS count_1', query)
 
     def test_child_class_attribute(self):
         query = sort_query(