diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dcfa929f8bb297cce5af5ae82f7bbdfb8bee1988..c372b203f49ccae6d743274ebb4bd52736562a2e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~),
                python-psycopg2,
                python-pytest,
                python-rrdtool,
-               python-sqlalchemy (<< 1.0),
+               python-sqlalchemy,
                python-yaml
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