diff --git a/requirements-light.txt b/requirements-light.txt
index 6220a72..fe03725 100644
--- a/requirements-light.txt
+++ b/requirements-light.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 temporalio
 psycopg2-binary
-sqlalchemy
+sqlalchemy<2.1
 asyncua==1.0.6
 redis
 sientia_do>=1.12.2
diff --git a/requirements-local.txt b/requirements-local.txt
index 4588a28..a8c4365 100644
--- a/requirements-local.txt
+++ b/requirements-local.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 temporalio
 psycopg2-binary
-sqlalchemy
+sqlalchemy<2.1
 asyncua==1.0.6
 redis
 git+ssh://git@github.com/Aignosi/sientia-dataops-library.git@1.12.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6564587..7f17536 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 temporalio
 psycopg2-binary
-sqlalchemy
+sqlalchemy<2.1
 asyncua==1.0.6
 redis
 sientia_do>=1.12.2