diff --git a/examples/tfb/requirements.txt b/examples/tfb/requirements.txt
index 065eecbfc..4d83d9813 100644
--- a/examples/tfb/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/tfb/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ PyYAML==4.2b4
 six==1.12.0
 slimit==0.8.1
 spyne==2.13.9a0
-SQLAlchemy==1.2.17
+SQLAlchemy==1.3.0b3
 Twisted==18.9.0
 txpostgres==1.6.0
 Werkzeug==0.14.1