diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8128d94bbe..ff69a3ff7f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 tornado==4.5.3  # http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/releases.html
 psycopg2==2.9.10  # http://initd.org/psycopg/articles/tag/release/
-sqlalchemy>=1.3,<1.4  # http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/changelog/index.html
+sqlalchemy>=1.3,<2.1  # http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/changelog/index.html
 netifaces>=0.10,<0.12  # https://bitbucket.org/al45tair/netifaces/src/
 pycryptodomex==3.21.0  # https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/blob/master/Changelog.rst
 psutil>=5.5,<6.2  # https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/HISTORY.rst