diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 26ac39b314..d2a2f24524 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 greenlet>=0.3.2
 
 # < 0.8.0/0.8 does not work, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1153983
-SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,<=0.8.99,>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 eventlet>=0.15.2
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pycrypto>=2.6
 iso8601>=0.1.9
 ordereddict
 oslo.config>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.0.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 netaddr>=0.7.12
 keystonemiddleware>=1.0.0
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ posix_ipc
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
 
 # For VMware storage backed.
-oslo.vmware>=0.6.0                      # Apache-2.0
+oslo.vmware>=0.8.0                      # Apache-2.0
 
 # For paste.util.template used in keystone.common.template
 Paste
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ six>=1.7.0
 
 oslo.db>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.messaging>=1.4.0
+oslo.messaging>=1.4.0,!=1.5.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.0.0               # Apache-2.0
 
-retrying>=1.2.2,!=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
+retrying>=1.2.3,!=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=0.3.0                       # Apache-2.0
 
 # Glance Store