diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ae9bbf3c..f3176324 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=2.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=0.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-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
 six>=1.9.0