diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc693e6..5670949 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 connexion==2.4.0
-SQLAlchemy==1.3.11
+SQLAlchemy==1.4.40
 tornado==6.0.3
 decorator==4.4.1
 bravado-core==5.16.0