diff --git a/tests/requirements-testing.txt b/tests/requirements-testing.txt
index 69d729020de..c106ca4d058 100644
--- a/tests/requirements-testing.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements-testing.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ pytest==6.2.2
 pytest-cov==2.11.1
 pytest-mock==3.5.1
 pytest-sugar==0.9.4
+sqlalchemy<1.4