diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index f232e669..be19f1f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -45,9 +45,34 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run lint checks
         run: hatch run check
 
+  build-install:
+    name: Test package build and installation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: lint
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+      - name: Upgrade and install tools
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install -U pip
+          python -m pip install -U hatch
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          python -m hatch clean
+          python -m hatch build
+      - name: Install and check import
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install dist/snowflake_sqlalchemy-*.whl
+          python -c "import snowflake.sqlalchemy; print(snowflake.sqlalchemy.__version__)"
+
   test-dialect:
     name: Test dialect ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
-    needs: lint
+    needs: [ lint, build-install ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -93,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test-dialect-compatibility:
     name: Test dialect compatibility ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
-    needs: lint
+    needs: [ lint, build-install ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -139,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test-dialect-run-v20:
     name: Test dialect run v20 ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
-    needs: lint
+    needs: [ lint, build-install ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index f41ee797..e826b42a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Source code is also available at:
 
 # Release Notes
 
+- v1.5.3(Unrelased)
+
+  - Limit SQLAlchemy to < 2.0.0 before releasing version compatible with 2.0
+
 - v1.5.2(April 11, 2024)
 
   - Bump min SQLAlchemy to 1.4.19 for outer lateral join
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8707fae3..d0c31cb8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks",
   "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
 ]
-dependencies = ["snowflake-connector-python", "SQLAlchemy"]
+dependencies = ["snowflake-connector-python<4.0.0", "SQLAlchemy>=1.4.19,<2.0.0"]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py"
@@ -73,14 +73,9 @@ exclude = ["/.github"]
 packages = ["src/snowflake"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
-extra-dependencies = ["SQLAlchemy<2.0.0,>=1.4.19"]
 features = ["development", "pandas"]
 python = "3.8"
 
-[tool.hatch.envs.sa20]
-extra-dependencies = ["SQLAlchemy>=2.0.0"]
-python = "3.8"
-
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.env-vars]
 COVERAGE_FILE = "coverage.xml"
 SQLACHEMY_WARN_20 = "1"
diff --git a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py
index 24f188c2..61c9fc41 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 #
 # Update this for the versions
 # Don't change the forth version number from None
-VERSION = "1.5.2"
+VERSION = "1.5.3"