diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a212d4..1ebbe01 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else:
         "shapely >= 1.6",
         "geopandas >= 0.8,<0.10",
         "geoalchemy2 >= 0.8.4",
-        "sqlalchemy >= 1.3.23",
+        "sqlalchemy >= 1.4.17",
         "rasterstats >= 0.15.0",
         "rasterio >= 1.2.0",
         "requests >= 2.9.1",