diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8ff7d02..7459b66 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -673,7 +673,9 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-greenlet = {version = "!=0.4.17", markers = "python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"aarch64\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"ppc64le\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"x86_64\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"amd64\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"AMD64\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"win32\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"WIN32\""}
+aiosqlite = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3\" and extra == \"aiosqlite\""}
+greenlet = {version = "!=0.4.17", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"aarch64\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"ppc64le\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"x86_64\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"amd64\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"AMD64\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"win32\" or python_version >= \"3\" and platform_machine == \"WIN32\" or python_version >= \"3\" and extra == \"aiosqlite\""}
+typing-extensions = {version = "!=3.10.0.1", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"aiosqlite\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 aiomysql = ["aiomysql", "greenlet (!=0.4.17)"]
@@ -714,6 +716,18 @@ anyio = ">=3.4.0,<5"
 [package.extras]
 full = ["httpx (>=0.22.0)", "itsdangerous", "jinja2", "python-multipart", "pyyaml"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typing-extensions"
+version = "4.5.0"
+description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.7+"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fb33085c39dd998ac16d1431ebc293a8b3eedd00fd4a32de0ff79002c19511b4"},
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5cb5f4a79139d699607b3ef622a1dedafa84e115ab0024e0d9c044a9479ca7cb"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ulid-py"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -760,4 +774,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "a43dcab0548fc3be276e10ff19fe108211e5bdc42a8a161c744eeb4d20b14294"
+content-hash = "e5420c03a1175d193f337682c451c648a1c41c6535a7ad7172a418f6c6b72e33"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 08c45e9..f044a77 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ulid-py = "^1.1.0"
 databases = {extras = ["sqlite"], version = "^0.7.0"}
 uvicorn = "^0.21"
 httpx = "^0.23.3"
+sqlalchemy = {version = "^1.4", extras = ["aiosqlite"]}
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev]
 optional = true
diff --git a/scripts/tests b/scripts/tests
index df8b5a0..e16acd9 100755
--- a/scripts/tests
+++ b/scripts/tests
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ trap 'rm "$dbfile"' EXIT TERM INT QUIT
 
 [ -z "${DEBUG:-}" ] || set -x
 
-SQLALCHEMY_WARN_20=1 \
+export SQLALCHEMY_WARN_20=1 # XXX remove when we switched to SQLAlchemy 2.0
 UNWIND_STORAGE="$dbfile" \
     python -m pytest "$@"