diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e4cd8d26..83acea091 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ qpid-python
 requests>=2.2.0,!=2.4.0
 Routes>=1.12.3,!=2.0
 six>=1.7.0
-SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,<=0.8.99,>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+#SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,<=0.8.99,>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.8
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.1,!=0.9.2
 stevedore>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 WebOb>=1.2.3