diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 586153d..a1b48a4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ setup(
         'requests',
         'python-magic',
         'django-watson<1.5.4',
-        'sqlalchemy',
+        'sqlalchemy<1.4',
     ],
     cmdclass={
         'build': build,