diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bd85adb..833ddeb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
   "asyncpg",
   "psycopg[binary]",
-  "sqlalchemy>=2",
+  "sqlalchemy<3,>=2",
 ]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 develop = [
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ develop = [
   "isort<6",
   "poethepoet<0.19",
   "proselint==0.13",
-  "pyproject-fmt<0.10",
-  "ruff==0.0.253",
+  "pyproject-fmt<1.2",
+  "ruff==0.0.291",
   "validate-pyproject<0.13",
 ]
 release = [
-  "build<1",
+  "build<2",
   'minibump<1; python_version >= "3.10"',
   "twine<5",
 ]