diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 67bddeab..fd017760 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
         python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
         cratedb-version: ['5.1.2']
-        sqla-version: ['1.3.24', '1.4.45', 'next']
+        sqla-version: ['1.4.45', 'next']
       fail-fast: false
     env:
       CRATEDB_VERSION: ${{ matrix.cratedb-version }}
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c2b7ccba..c1bd1c5a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ A Python client library for CrateDB_.
 This library:
 
 - Implements the Python `DB API 2.0`_ specification
-- Includes support for SQLAlchemy_ (>= 1.3.0)
+- Includes support for SQLAlchemy_ >= 1.4.
 
 Prerequisites
 =============
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7070977a..26dbc82e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def read(path):
     },
     install_requires=['urllib3>=1.9,<2'],
     extras_require=dict(
-        sqlalchemy=['sqlalchemy>=1.0,<1.5',
+        sqlalchemy=['sqlalchemy>=1.4,<2.1',
                     'geojson>=2.5.0,<3',
                     'backports.zoneinfo<1; python_version<"3.9"'],
         test=['tox>=3,<4',