diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 30e58074..d955c247 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 requests!=2.20.0,!=2.24.0                              # Apache License, Version 2.0
 
+# keep until commit
+# https://github.com/openstack/rally/commit/14d449b2f1bc51416053d1e6bdd1a5cd915e527a
+# is included in new rally version (>3.3)
+SQLAlchemy<2.0.0                                       # MIT
 rally>=3.1.0                                           # Apache License, Version 2.0
 
 # OpenStack related