diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e236fe4..7bfa768 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Changes
 Unreleased
 ====================================================================================================================
 
+Changes:
+
+* Loosen pins to allow ``sqlalchemy>=2``.
+
 0.11.1 (2026-01-09)
 ====================================================================================================================
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d540c88..fca2e28 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,13 +20,11 @@ waitress>=3.0.2; python_version >= "3.9"
 pyramid_retry
 pyramid_tm
 alembic
-# 'sqlalchemy==2.0' breaks 'zope.sqlalchemy'
-# (https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.sqlalchemy/issues/60)
-sqlalchemy>=1.3,<2
+sqlalchemy>=1.3,<3
 transaction
-# avoid using 'zope.sqlalchemy==1.4' with regression since 'sqlalchemy==1.4' support
-# (https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.sqlalchemy/pull/66)
-zope.sqlalchemy>=1.3,!=1.4.*
+# ensure v3 for sqlalchemy>2 minimally (https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.sqlalchemy/issues/60)
+# however, dockers are already using v4 for a while
+zope.sqlalchemy>=3
 # oauth2
 pyramid_oauthlib>=0.4.1
 oauthlib<3