diff --git a/tests/test_fastapi.sh b/tests/test_fastapi.sh
index 759831e..d36057f 100755
--- a/tests/test_fastapi.sh
+++ b/tests/test_fastapi.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ git fetch --tags
 latest_tag_commit=$(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)
 latest_tag=$(git describe --tags "${latest_tag_commit}")
 git checkout "${latest_tag}"
+
+# FIXME this is a temporary workaround while fastapi tests are broken with newer sqlalchemy
+pip install SQLAlchemy==1.3.23
+
 pip install -U flit
 flit install