diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 829131d16..1e7a9f002 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ setup(
         'pylru==1.1.0',
         'pyzmq==18.1.1',
         'plyvel==1.0.5',
-        'sqlalchemy @ git+https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy.git',
+        'sqlalchemy@git+https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy.git',
         'psycopg2',
     ],
     classifiers=[