diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 17d49248..164f140a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ pymongo = [
   "jessiql==1.0.0rc1",
   "pandas==2.1.*",
   "pymongo==4.8.*",
-  "sqlalchemy<2",
+  "sqlalchemy<3",
 ]
 release = [
   "build<2",