diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index fa03f8f0a3..88d987c6b9 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,<=0.7.9
+SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,<0.7.99
 Cheetah>=2.4.4
 amqplib>=0.6.1
 anyjson>=0.2.4