diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 63fc97b47..668686dbc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fastapi>=0.142.2,<1.0
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.54.0,<1.0
 
 # Database (SQLite via ORM)
-SQLAlchemy>=2.1.0,<3.0
+SQLAlchemy>=2.1.2,<3.0
 
 # Schema migrations for a real rename/drop — additive column changes still go
 # through DatabaseManager's own auto-migrator (core/database.py); this is the