diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c1cb49..2701229 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Intent-vs-execution attestation ledger for AI-mediated workflows"
 requires-python = ">=3.12,<3.15"
 dependencies = [
-    "sqlalchemy>=2.0",
+    "sqlalchemy>=2.0.52",
     "alembic>=1.13",
     "httpx>=0.27",
     "anthropic>=0.40",