diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 738578d3a..aef54c91e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dynamic = ['version']
 dependencies = [
     'fastapi',
     'uvicorn',
-    'sqlmodel',
+    'sqlmodel>=0.0.25',
     'asyncpg',
     'psycopg[binary]>=3.1',
     'pyjwt',