diff --git a/windc/tools/pip-requires b/windc/tools/pip-requires
index 6a22d4cf..ffe73812 100644
--- a/windc/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/windc/tools/pip-requires
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # package to get the right headers...
 greenlet>=0.3.1
 bsqlite3-dev
-SQLAlchemy>=0.7
+SQLAlchemy<=0.7.9
 anyjson
 eventlet>=0.9.12
 PasteDeploy