diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cca17e4..50dbf59 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "alembic>=1.20.0,<2",
   "fastapi>=0.141.1,<1",
   "uvicorn[standard]>=0.53.0,<1",
-  "sqlalchemy>=2.0.53,<3",
+  "sqlalchemy>=2.1.3,<3",
   "pydantic-settings>=2.15.0,<3",
   "pwdlib[argon2]>=0.3.1,<1",
   "itsdangerous>=2.2,<3",