diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index df9e437d9..18d7b2a1f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
+alembic>=0.8.0
 Babel>=1.3
 eventlet>=0.17.4
 Flask<1.0,>=0.10
@@ -20,3 +21,4 @@ oslo.rootwrap>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0
 stevedore>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.9,<1.1.0