diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3dd187281df00..de005cc12fc09 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ setup_requires =
 # DEPENDENCIES_EPOCH_NUMBER in the Dockerfile.ci
 #####################################################################################################
 install_requires =
-    alembic>=1.2, <2.0
+    alembic>=1.5.1, <2.0
     argcomplete~=1.10
     attrs>=20.0, <21.0
     blinker