diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 504382001..c7c23e857 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ keystone =
 mysql =
     pymysql
     oslo.db>=4.29.0
-    sqlalchemy
+    sqlalchemy<2
     sqlalchemy-utils
     alembic>=0.7.6,!=0.8.1,!=0.9.0
 postgresql =
     psycopg2
     oslo.db>=4.29.0
-    sqlalchemy
+    sqlalchemy<2
     sqlalchemy-utils
     alembic>=0.7.6,!=0.8.1,!=0.9.0
 s3 =