diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d3251af1f7c..524d477f4a2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "numpy<2.0",
 ]
 
-MYSQL_REQUIRES = ["SQLAlchemy==1.4.17"]
+MYSQL_REQUIRES = ["SQLAlchemy"]
 
 NOTEBOOK_REQUIRES = ["jupyter"]