diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 4bd1c1e025..f88f9e377d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -2635,13 +2635,13 @@ (define-public python2-pysqlite
 (define-public python-sqlalchemy
   (package
     (name "python-sqlalchemy")
-    (version "1.3.18")
+    (version "1.3.20")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (pypi-uri "SQLAlchemy" version))
       (sha256
-       (base32 "1rwc6ss1cnz3kxx0p9p6xw0w79r8qw03lcc29k31yb3rcigvfbys"))))
+       (base32 "18b9am7bsqc4nj3d2h5r93i002apczxfvpfpcqbd6f0385zmrwnj"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-cython" ,python-cython) ; for C extensions