diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index f76594dc..3697912c 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pika==1.3.2
-sqlalchemy==2.0.17
+sqlalchemy==2.0.36
 # evaluate if beautifulsoup4 is needed
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
 pytz==2023.3