diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 870e9aa749..50618d9378 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.6
 python-ironicclient
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 requests>=1.1
-SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,!=0.9.5,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,!=0.9.5,<=0.9.99
 six>=1.7.0
 WSME>=0.6