diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c5344d4a0..9c1fc65e6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         "requests >= 2.21.0, < 3.0.0",
         "python-levenshtein >= 0.12.0, < 1.0.0",
         "normality >= 2.4.0, < 3.0.0",
-        "sqlalchemy >= 1.3.2, < 3.0.0",
+        "sqlalchemy >= 1.4.49, < 3.0.0",
         "countrynames >= 1.13.0, < 2.0.0",
         "languagecodes >= 1.1.0, < 2.0.0",
         "prefixdate >= 0.4.0, < 1.0.0",