diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f22d242b0..b89149e91 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-dateutil",
     "qrcode>=7.1,<8",
     "requests>=2.25,<3",
-    "SQLAlchemy>=1.3.0,<1.5",
+    "SQLAlchemy>=1.3.0,<2.1",
     "SQLAlchemy-Continuum>=1.3.12,<2", # New 1.4 changes API, see #728
     "Werkzeug>=2,<3",
     "WTForms>=2.3.3,<3.3",]