diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b23efeea1c..7182c6a986 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 alembic>=0.7.2
 pecan>=0.8.0
 pbr>=0.11,<2.0
-SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<1.1.0
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 Babel>=1.3
 eventlet>=0.17.3
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ netaddr>=0.7.12
 python-neutronclient>=2.3.11,<3
 WebOb>=1.2.3
 six>=1.9.0
-stevedore>=1.3.0  # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.11.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=0.2.0                     # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=1.10.0  # Apache-2.0