diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 130d59a..b98fc08 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ install_requires =
     flask_cors
     flask_migrate>=3.1.0
     flask_sqlalchemy>=2.5.1
-    sqlalchemy>=1.4.40
     sqlalchemy_utils>=0.38.3
+    # Importlib requirement can be dropped when python requirement is >= 3.10
+    importlib_metadata>=4.3
+    sqlalchemy>=1.4.40, <2.0
     toml
     werkzeug>=2.2.2