diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fe3e2e9ed7..3bcffe64f3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ setuptools_git>=0.4
 simplejson>=2.0.9
 six
 sockjs-tornado>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
-SQLAlchemy>=0.7,<=0.7.99
-sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.7
+SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,<=0.7.99
+sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.7.2
 stevedore>=0.10
 suds>=0.4
 warlock>=0.7.0,<2