diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 2cb540c9..5ab78eb4 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ kazoo>=2.2
 redis>=2.10.0
 
 # Used for testing database persistence backends.
-SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=0.9.7
+SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=0.9.9
 alembic>=0.8.0
 psycopg2
 PyMySQL>=0.6.2 # MIT License