diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e5d7672..134e80e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ in the library, that show you how you can implement and use an actual graph scra
 Dependencies
 -----------------
 
-The project requires SQLAlchemy_ or Flask-SQLAlchemy_ to be installed.
-
 If you wish to use one of the included graph implementations, then please read the
 corresponding module's description for additional requirements.
 
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@ Contribution
 Any form of constructive contribution (feedback, features, bug fixes, tests, additional
 documentation, etc.) is welcome.
 
-.. _Flask-SQLAlchemy: http://flask-sqlalchemy.pocoo.org/
 .. _igraph: http://igraph.org
 .. _Spotify: https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/
-.. _SQLAlchemy: https://www.sqlalchemy.org/
 .. |Downloads| image:: https://pepy.tech/badge/graphscraper
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4de039d..de2c70f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="graphscraper",
-    version="0.4.0",
+    version="0.5.0",
     description="Graph implementation that loads graph data (nodes and edges) from external sources "
                 "and caches the loaded data in a database using sqlalchemy or flask-sqlalchemy.",
     long_description=long_description,
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@
     keywords="graph network webscraping sqlalchemy database db caching",
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     packages=find_packages("src"),
-    python_requires=">=3"
+    python_requires=">=3",
+    install_requires=["sqlalchemy>=1.3"]
 )