diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0f2383f31..c1e0ceeb6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ keystone =
 mysql =
     pymysql
     oslo.db>=4.29.0
-    sqlalchemy<2
+    sqlalchemy>=1.4.24,<2
     sqlalchemy-utils
     alembic>=0.7.6,!=0.8.1,!=0.9.0
 postgresql =
     psycopg2
     oslo.db>=4.29.0
-    sqlalchemy<2
+    sqlalchemy>=1.4.24,<2
     sqlalchemy-utils
     alembic>=0.7.6,!=0.8.1,!=0.9.0
 s3 =