diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d2100e546fb..119b59bb153 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pyjwt==2.8.0
 pyproj<3.7.0
 OWSLib==0.29.3
 pycsw==2.6.1
-SQLAlchemy==2.0.26 # required by PyCSW
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.27 # required by PyCSW
 Shapely==1.8.5.post1
 mercantile==1.2.1
 numpy==1.26.*
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dbdfc56af3a..af5c4dc2ad7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ install_requires =
     pyproj<3.7.0
     OWSLib==0.29.3
     pycsw==2.6.1
-    SQLAlchemy==2.0.26 # required by PyCSW
+    SQLAlchemy==2.0.27 # required by PyCSW
     Shapely==1.8.5.post1
     mercantile==1.2.1
     numpy==1.26.*