diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 71fe291..d53031f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setup(
         'pokedex': ['data/csv/*.csv']
     },
     install_requires=[
-        'SQLAlchemy>=1.0,<2.0',
+        'SQLAlchemy==1.2.5',
         'whoosh>=2.5,<2.7',
         'markdown==2.4.1',
         'construct==2.5.3',