diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index cf1bed475b..8a910027d7 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ fasteners>=0.5  # Apache-2.0
 simplejson>=2.2.0
 six>=1.9.0
 sockjs-tornado>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
-SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<1.1.0
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.6
 sqlalchemy-utils  # BSD License
 stevedore>=1.3.0  # Apache-2.0