diff --git a/.github/actions/python_build/action.yml b/.github/actions/python_build/action.yml
index 1b13a70..fa75677 100644
--- a/.github/actions/python_build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/python_build/action.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "Python version"
     required: true
     default: "3.10"
+  sqlalchemy-version:
+    description: SQLAlchemy version to run the CI checks on
+    required: true
+    default: "2.*"
   tags:
     description: "Optional dependencies (via available tags) to install, e.g. [cicd]"
     required: true
@@ -37,5 +41,6 @@ runs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install sqlalchemy==${{ inputs.sqlalchemy-version }}
         pip install -e .${{ inputs.tags }}
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8621569..9f79aa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/python_ci.yml
     with:
       python-version: "3.10"
+      sqlalchemy-version: "2.*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_dev.yml
index 4298a97..243411d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_dev.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ on:
         description: Python version
         required: true
         type: string
+      sqlalchemy-version:
+        description: SQLAlchemy version
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   python_ci:
@@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/python_ci.yml
     with:
       python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+      sqlalchemy-version: ${{ inputs.sqlalchemy-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/python_ci.yml
index b304fb5..1a4d98c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_ci.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ on:
         description: Python version to run the CI checks on
         required: true
         type: string
+      sqlalchemy-version:
+        description: SQLAlchemy version to run the CI checks on
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ./.github/actions/python_build
         with:
           python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+          sqlalchemy-version: ${{ inputs.sqlalchemy-version }}
           tags: "[cicd]"
 
       - name: Run pytest with coverage