diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
index bf00462875b2..cc816ee793ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     Mako
     aiohttp
-    mautrix
-    sqlalchemy
+    (mautrix.override {
+      sqlalchemy = sqlalchemy_1_3;
+    })
+    sqlalchemy_1_3
     CommonMark
     ruamel_yaml
     python_magic
     telethon
-    telethon-session-sqlalchemy
+    (telethon-session-sqlalchemy.override {
+      sqlalchemy = sqlalchemy_1_3;
+    })
     pillow
     lxml
     setuptools