diff --git a/docs-requirements.txt b/docs-requirements.txt
index e190f302a4..fd47213099 100644
--- a/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pymssql~=2.3.2
 pyramid>=1.7
 redis>=2.6
 remoulade>=0.50
-sqlalchemy>=1.0
+sqlalchemy>=1.2.19
 tornado>=5.1.1
 tortoise-orm>=0.17.0
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/pyproject.toml b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/pyproject.toml
index 63951a127d..ef7502815e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/pyproject.toml
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 instruments = [
-  "sqlalchemy >= 1.0.0, < 2.1.0",
+  "sqlalchemy >=1.2.19, <2.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points.opentelemetry_instrumentor]
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/test-requirements-0.txt b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/test-requirements-0.txt
index e3f87916c2..f0126b83fd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/test-requirements-0.txt
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/test-requirements-0.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ packaging==24.0
 pluggy==1.5.0
 py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
 pytest==7.4.4
-SQLAlchemy==1.1.18
+SQLAlchemy==1.2.19
 tomli==2.0.1
 typing_extensions==4.12.2
 wrapt==1.16.0