diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5570bc9..146b0ed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ setup(
         'pokedex': ['data/csv/*.csv']
     },
     install_requires=[
-        'SQLAlchemy>=0.7.3',
+        'SQLAlchemy>=0.9.7',
         'whoosh>=2.5',
         'markdown',
         'construct',