diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 87c52d0..15ab593 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 Babel>=1.3
 argparse
-SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,<=0.8.99,>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
 alembic>=0.6.4
 stevedore>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 cliff>=1.7.0  # Apache-2.0