diff --git a/cookiecutter/tap-template/{{cookiecutter.tap_id}}/pyproject.toml b/cookiecutter/tap-template/{{cookiecutter.tap_id}}/pyproject.toml
index bf1deb719..4161643a4 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/tap-template/{{cookiecutter.tap_id}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cookiecutter/tap-template/{{cookiecutter.tap_id}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ fs-s3fs = { version = "~=1.1.1", optional = true }
 {%- if cookiecutter.stream_type in ["REST", "GraphQL"] %}
 requests = "~=2.32.3"
 {%- endif %}
+{%- if cookiecutter.stream_type == "SQL" %}
+sqlalchemy = "~=2.0.36"
+{%- endif %}
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = ">=8"
diff --git a/docs/guides/sql-tap.md b/docs/guides/sql-tap.md
index 9e3eda34e..68b171f84 100644
--- a/docs/guides/sql-tap.md
+++ b/docs/guides/sql-tap.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Building SQL taps
 
+```{warning}
+Starting with version `0.43.0`, SQL taps require SQLAlchemy 2.0 or newer.
+```
+
 ## Mapping SQL types to JSON Schema
 
 Starting with version `0.41.0`, the Meltano Singer SDK provides a clean way to map SQL types to JSON Schema. This is useful when the SQL dialect you are using has custom types that need to be mapped accordingly to JSON Schema.