diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf998e10e181161423aa7fd222fc558e93016b88..8842a41dbfc37a2358c4672c7b9e91136c3e3408 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ debtcollector>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=3.15.3 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
-SQLAlchemy>=1.2.0 # MIT
+SQLAlchemy>=1.4.0 # MIT
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 # these are used by downstream libraries that require