diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4208e98eca..a6c3f21c0a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ deps =
     boto3>=1.11.0
     pyhive[presto]==0.6.1
     s3transfer>=0.3,<4.0
-    sqlalchemy<1.4
+    sqlalchemy>=2.0,<2.1
     elasticsearch>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
     psutil<4.0
     cdh,hdp: hdfs>=2.0.4,<3.0.0