diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 670e6a4c6f2..0a8cd057b22 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pyjwt==2.6.0
 pyproj<3.5.0
 OWSLib==0.27.2
 pycsw==2.6.1
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.43 # required by PyCSW
+SQLAlchemy==1.4.44 # required by PyCSW
 Shapely==1.8.5.post1
 mercantile==1.2.1
 geoip2==4.6.0