diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e119a275..d82dbb2ce 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ python-daemon>=2.0.4,<2.1.0
 extras
 statsd>=3.0
 apscheduler>=2.1.1,<3.0
-sqlalchemy>=0.8.2,<0.9.0
+sqlalchemy>=0.8.2,<1.1.0
 pyzmq>=13.1.0
 python-novaclient>=2.21.0
 PyMySQL