diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index edd7b243b..131e8a8a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         # from requirements.txt
         'ccxt>=2.6.26',
-        'SQLAlchemy',
+        'SQLAlchemy>=2.0.6',
         'python-telegram-bot>=13.4',
         'arrow>=0.17.0',
         'cachetools',