diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 43920c5..367b702 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                python3-dateutil,
                python3-nose,
                python3-setuptools,
-               python3-sqlalchemy,
+               python3-sqlalchemy (>= 1.0),
                python3-swh.core,
                python3-swh.scheduler (>= 0.0.14~),
                python3-swh.storage,