diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b9a20e4..8e20019 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ fastapi==0.139.0
 uvicorn[standard]==0.51.0
 pydantic==2.13.4
 pydantic-settings==2.14.2
-SQLAlchemy==2.0.36
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.51
 alembic==1.18.5
 python-dotenv==1.2.2
 httpx==0.28.1  # nice to have for future tests