diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c3cce1c0ac0c5..7ab5c77c0688d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ install_requires =
     python3-openid~=3.2
     rich>=9.2.0
     setproctitle>=1.1.8, <2
-    sqlalchemy>=1.3.18
+    sqlalchemy>=1.3.18, <1.4.0
     sqlalchemy_jsonfield~=1.0
     tabulate>=0.7.5, <0.9
     tenacity>=6.2.0