diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 93e7adcf..03c224c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ iso8601>=0.1.9
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.11.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=1.4.0                       # Apache-2.0
-SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<1.1.0
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.6
-stevedore>=1.3.0  # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0
 testresources>=0.2.4
 testscenarios>=0.4