diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b15235a77..be5ce9574 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ colander==1.8.3
 dogpile.cache==1.1.5
 elasticsearch==2.4.1
 elasticsearch_dsl==2.2.0
-geoalchemy2==0.4.2
+geoalchemy2==0.12.1
 geojson==2.5.0
 geomet==0.3.0
 kombu==5.2.4