diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 66f316afa15..0f5ba1aa591 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     "lz4",
     "py7zr",
     "rarfile>=4.0",
-    "sqlalchemy<2.0.0",
+    "sqlalchemy",
     "s3fs>=2021.11.1;python_version<'3.8'",  # aligned with fsspec[http]>=2021.11.1; test only on python 3.7 for now
     "tensorflow>=2.3,!=2.6.0,!=2.6.1; sys_platform != 'darwin' or platform_machine != 'arm64'",
     "tensorflow-macos; sys_platform == 'darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'",