diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a8e6756e..ce5ad75a9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 - Add `min/max/first` values tracking for metrics (mihran113)
 - Fix bug in pytorch lightning raising lock timeout (inc0)
 
+### Fixes 
+- Fix compatibility with `sqlalchemy < 2.0` versions
+
 ## 3.17.6 
 
 - Switch to patched version of official `pynvml` (mihran113)
diff --git a/aim/storage/structured/sql_engine/entities.py b/aim/storage/structured/sql_engine/entities.py
index 87ed93e04..48bef9552 100644
--- a/aim/storage/structured/sql_engine/entities.py
+++ b/aim/storage/structured/sql_engine/entities.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pytz
 
 from typing import Collection, Union, List, Optional
+from sqlalchemy import __version__ as sa_version
 from sqlalchemy import delete
 from sqlalchemy.orm import joinedload
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 
 
 def session_commit_or_flush(session):
-    if getattr(session, 'autocommit', True):
+    if getattr(session, 'autocommit', True) and sa_version >= '2.0.0':
         session.commit()
     else:
         session.flush()