diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Examples_Direct.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Examples_Direct.json
rename to .github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python.json
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/external/xlang_jdbcio_it_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/external/xlang_jdbcio_it_test.py
index 54a473d1b52b..38a405c2d331 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/external/xlang_jdbcio_it_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/external/xlang_jdbcio_it_test.py
@@ -129,12 +129,16 @@ def test_xlang_jdbc_write_read(self, database):
     else:
       binary_type = ('BINARY(10)', 'VARBINARY(10)')
 
-    self.engine.execute(
-        "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {}".format(table_name) + "(f_id INTEGER, " +
-        "f_float DOUBLE PRECISION, " + "f_char CHAR(10), " +
-        "f_varchar VARCHAR(10), " + f"f_bytes {binary_type[0]}, " +
-        f"f_varbytes {binary_type[1]}, " + "f_timestamp TIMESTAMP(3), " +
-        "f_decimal DECIMAL(10, 2), " + "f_date DATE, " + "f_time TIME(3))")
+    with self.engine.begin() as connection:
+      connection.execute(
+          sqlalchemy.text(
+              "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {}".format(table_name) +
+              "(f_id INTEGER, " + "f_float DOUBLE PRECISION, " +
+              "f_char CHAR(10), " + "f_varchar VARCHAR(10), " +
+              f"f_bytes {binary_type[0]}, " + f"f_varbytes {binary_type[1]}, " +
+              "f_timestamp TIMESTAMP(3), " + "f_decimal DECIMAL(10, 2), " +
+              "f_date DATE, " + "f_time TIME(3))"))
+
     inserted_rows = [
         JdbcTestRow(
             i,
diff --git a/sdks/python/container/py310/base_image_requirements.txt b/sdks/python/container/py310/base_image_requirements.txt
index 6e5a105387a9..57cd7fcb68fc 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/py310/base_image_requirements.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/container/py310/base_image_requirements.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ shapely==2.0.3
 six==1.16.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 soupsieve==2.5
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.52
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.29
 sqlparse==0.4.4
 tenacity==8.2.3
 testcontainers==3.7.1
diff --git a/sdks/python/container/py311/base_image_requirements.txt b/sdks/python/container/py311/base_image_requirements.txt
index 1c2606379758..faf93fe59e07 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/py311/base_image_requirements.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/container/py311/base_image_requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 # Reach out to a committer if you need help.
 
 annotated-types==0.6.0
-async-timeout==4.0.3
 attrs==23.2.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
 bs4==0.0.2
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ shapely==2.0.3
 six==1.16.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 soupsieve==2.5
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.52
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.29
 sqlparse==0.4.4
 tenacity==8.2.3
 testcontainers==3.7.1
diff --git a/sdks/python/container/py38/base_image_requirements.txt b/sdks/python/container/py38/base_image_requirements.txt
index 3359f11e187e..a2484f356c73 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/py38/base_image_requirements.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/container/py38/base_image_requirements.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ shapely==2.0.3
 six==1.16.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 soupsieve==2.5
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.52
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.29
 sqlparse==0.4.4
 tenacity==8.2.3
 testcontainers==3.7.1
diff --git a/sdks/python/container/py39/base_image_requirements.txt b/sdks/python/container/py39/base_image_requirements.txt
index e82d228b0161..876c6e6bdf69 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/py39/base_image_requirements.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/container/py39/base_image_requirements.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ shapely==2.0.3
 six==1.16.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 soupsieve==2.5
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.52
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.29
 sqlparse==0.4.4
 tenacity==8.2.3
 testcontainers==3.7.1
diff --git a/sdks/python/setup.py b/sdks/python/setup.py
index 400083e0a0ac..36ecedae543c 100644
--- a/sdks/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdks/python/setup.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ def get_portability_package_data():
               'pytest-xdist>=2.5.0,<4',
               'pytest-timeout>=2.1.0,<3',
               'scikit-learn>=0.20.0',
-              'sqlalchemy>=1.3,<2.0',
+              'sqlalchemy>=1.3,<3.0',
               'psycopg2-binary>=2.8.5,<3.0.0',
               'testcontainers[mysql]>=3.0.3,<4.0.0',
               'cryptography>=41.0.2',