diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e9de05ec374..536f97d3348 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=0.9.7
 WebOb>=1.2.3
 python-keystoneclient>=1.6.0
-alembic>=0.7.2
+alembic>=0.8.0
 six>=1.9.0
 stevedore>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.concurrency>=2.3.0 # Apache-2.0