diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Flask
 https://github.com/hasgeek/coaster/zipball/master
 https://github.com/hasgeek/baseframe/zipball/master
-SQLAlchemy
+SQLAlchemy==1.3.5
 SQLAlchemy-Utils==0.34.0
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.0
 psycopg2==2.8.3