diff --git a/databases/py-agate-sql/Makefile b/databases/py-agate-sql/Makefile
index 9e130510b81f..e1e7dd677752 100644
--- a/databases/py-agate-sql/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-agate-sql/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	agate-sql
 PORTVERSION=	0.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	databases textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	matthew@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Add SQL read/write support to agate
 WWW=		https://agate-sql.rtfd.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}agate>=1.5.0:textproc/py-agate@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlalchemy20:databases/py-sqlalchemy20@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlalchemy20>=1.4:databases/py-sqlalchemy20@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>