diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index f31ca5939..582d1b3a2 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ stevedore>=0.14
 six>=1.7.0
 oslo.config>=1.2.1
 oslo.i18n>=0.1.0
-SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,!=0.9.5,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,!=0.9.5,<=0.9.99
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2de6489e4..0575bbfa6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ stevedore>=0.14
 six>=1.7.0
 oslo.config>=1.2.1
 oslo.i18n>=0.1.0
-SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,!=0.9.5,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,!=0.9.5,<=0.9.99
diff --git a/test-requirements-py3.txt b/test-requirements-py3.txt
index c4ab9abcd..03f88e815 100644
--- a/test-requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/test-requirements-py3.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ requests>=1.1
 # Documentation
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
 oslosphinx
-openstack-doc-tools>=0.15
+openstack-doc-tools>=0.16.1
 
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index de15a4fb2..f6dfc0042 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ requests>=1.1
 # Documentation
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,<1.3
 oslosphinx
-openstack-doc-tools>=0.15
+openstack-doc-tools>=0.16.1