diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0ae799c74..51f717e1d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ rq-scheduler-dashboard==0.0.2
 -e git+https://github.com/scieloorg/scieloh5m5.git@1.9.5#egg=scieloh5m5
 six==1.15.0
 speaklater==1.3
-SQLAlchemy==1.3.18
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.45
 SQLAlchemy-Utils==0.33.3
 tweepy==3.7.0
 unicodecsv==0.14.1