diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9005a448..1f83bcd4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ setup(
         'mypy-protobuf',
         'psycopg2',
         'requests',
-        'SQLAlchemy',
+        'SQLAlchemy>=1.3.0,<1.4.0',
         'Flask',
         'protobuf',
         'flask-login',