diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a1f488caed..66f442fb6b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ requests>=2.5.2
 Routes!=2.0,!=2.1,>=1.12.3;python_version=='2.7'
 Routes!=2.0,>=1.12.3;python_version!='2.7'
 six>=1.9.0
-SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=0.9.7
+SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=0.9.9
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.6
 stevedore>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 WebOb>=1.2.3