diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index f17c93fe8..7ed4a433f 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ kombu==1.0.4
 netaddr
 python-quantumclient>=2.2.0,<3.0.0
 pyudev
-sqlalchemy==0.7.9
+sqlalchemy>=0.7.8,<=0.7.99
 WebOb>=1.2
 python-keystoneclient>=0.2.0
 alembic>=0.4.1