diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bbc8f65..c9f3242 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 wheel
 pyzmq
 protobuf
-sqlalchemy
+sqlalchemy==1.4.39
 python-gnupg
 Jinja2
 requests
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d21a0f7..ecd767b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "wheel",
         "pyzmq",
         "protobuf",
-        "sqlalchemy",
+        "sqlalchemy==1.4.39",
         "python-gnupg",
         "Jinja2",
         "requests",