diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 43efdec59..6bfcef790 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ networkx>=1.8
 contextlib2>=0.4.0 # PSF License
 
 # Used for backend storage engine loading.
-stevedore>=1.3.0  # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 
 # Backport for concurrent.futures which exists in 3.2+
 futures>=3.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 16fc8b2ba..f25f6d406 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ zake>=0.1.6 # Apache-2.0
 kazoo>=1.3.1,!=2.1
 
 # Used for testing database persistence backends.
-SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
+SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7,<1.1.0
 alembic>=0.7.2
 psycopg2
 PyMySQL>=0.6.2  # MIT License