diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
index 8327e502..b498e882 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
-      # This is needed to avoid a warning from SQLAlchemy
-      # https://sqlalche.me/e/b8d9
-      # We can remove this once we upgrade to SQLAlchemy >= 2.0
-      SQLALCHEMY_SILENCE_UBER_WARNING: "1"
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a3f3dbe5..3f887e01 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -4266,4 +4266,4 @@ collate = ["cytominer-database"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<3.12"
-content-hash = "314ec75ba3a5d74ee90fef29ca8bd7d3f7b07d85a24a0907262dbf00d67c84b4"
+content-hash = "0e3d06dd1ae8914ea98e3cd32c1e9747865b8d45e3a7aba7d8bed7e36943c3d1"
diff --git a/pycytominer/cyto_utils/cells.py b/pycytominer/cyto_utils/cells.py
index 49caf234..2d79ef0f 100644
--- a/pycytominer/cyto_utils/cells.py
+++ b/pycytominer/cyto_utils/cells.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     output,
     provide_linking_cols_feature_name_update,
 )
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
 
 default_compartments = get_default_compartments()
 default_linking_cols = get_default_linking_cols()
@@ -420,12 +420,12 @@ def get_subsample(self, df=None, compartment="cells", rename_col=True):
 
     def count_sql_table_rows(self, table):
         """Count total number of rows for a table."""
-        (num_rows,) = next(self.conn.execute(f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {table}"))
+        (num_rows,) = next(self.conn.execute(text(f"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {table}")))
         return num_rows
 
     def get_sql_table_col_names(self, table):
         """Get column names from the database."""
-        ptr = self.conn.execute(f"SELECT * FROM {table} LIMIT 1").cursor
+        ptr = self.conn.execute(text(f"SELECT * FROM {table} LIMIT 1")).cursor
         col_names = [obj[0] for obj in ptr.description]
 
         return col_names
@@ -476,8 +476,7 @@ def load_compartment(self, compartment):
 
         # Query database for selected columns of chosen compartment
         columns = ", ".join(meta_cols + feat_cols)
-        query = f"select {columns} from {compartment}"
-        query_result = self.conn.execute(query)
+        query_result = self.conn.execute(text(f"select {columns} from {compartment}"))
 
         # Load data row by row for both meta information and features
         for i, row in enumerate(query_result):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 577b4e19..3607b8b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ numpy = ">=1.16.5"
 scipy = ">=1.5"
 pandas = ">=1.2.0"
 scikit-learn = ">=0.21.2"
-sqlalchemy = ">=1.3.6, <2"
+sqlalchemy = ">=1.3.6,<3"
 pyarrow = ">=8.0.0"
 
 # Extra dependencies for cell_locations