diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eb4236e7cf..da13b0f2d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 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>=0.7.8,!=0.9.5,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,!=0.9.5,<=0.9.99
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 eventlet>=0.13.0
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0