diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/databases/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/databases/default.nix
index b01564c7eeb3..f3bbe6ace9d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/databases/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/databases/default.nix
@@ -78,5 +78,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/encode/databases/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ costrouc ];
+    # https://github.com/encode/databases/issues/530
+    broken = lib.versionAtLeast sqlalchemy.version "2.0.0";
   };
 }