diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 06ca2987..e7005087 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 flask==1.1.1
 jsonschema==2.5.1
-sqlalchemy==1.3.3
+sqlalchemy==1.3.9
 sqlalchemy-utils>=0.33.11
 psycopg2>=2.7
 git+https://github.com/uc-cdis/cdislogging.git@0.0.2#egg=cdislogging
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2eddbe79..31b6a356 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "flask==1.1.1",
         "jsonschema==2.5.1",
-        "sqlalchemy==1.3.3",
+        "sqlalchemy==1.3.9",
         "sqlalchemy-utils>=0.33.11",
         "psycopg2>=2.7",
         "cdislogging>=0.0.2",