diff --git a/etc/requirements.txt b/etc/requirements.txt
index 01ed9c0b4..1b3adf8a8 100644
--- a/etc/requirements.txt
+++ b/etc/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Pillow==8.3.1
 psycopg2cffi==2.9.0
 #pyramid ...
 pytz==2020.4
-sqlalchemy==1.4.20
+sqlalchemy==1.4.21
 
 # https://github.com/Weasyl/misaka
 misaka @ https://pypi.weasyl.dev/misaka/misaka-1.0.3%2Bweasyl.7.tar.gz#sha224=cc3767d791466c857ec0b147e8c4809eb09948a7a6a72278d49427bb
diff --git a/libweasyl/setup.py b/libweasyl/setup.py
index af3760810..b98c5e6c9 100644
--- a/libweasyl/setup.py
+++ b/libweasyl/setup.py
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@
         'pyramid~=2.0',
         'pytz==2020.4',
         'sanpera==0.1.1+weasyl.6',   # https://github.com/Weasyl/sanpera
-        'sqlalchemy==1.3.20',
+        'sqlalchemy==1.4.21',
     ],
 )