diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52bb937..00be052 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "stac-fastapi.extensions",
     "sqlakeyset",
     "geoalchemy2<0.14.0",
-    "sqlalchemy==1.3.23",
+    "sqlalchemy==2.0.19",
     "shapely",
     "psycopg2-binary",
     "alembic",