diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03be567..ecf5f55 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic",
     "pydantic-settings",
     "python-multipart",
-    "sqlalchemy",
+    "sqlalchemy[asyncio]",
     "tenacity",
     "tiktoken",
     "tinytuya",
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ whisper-transcribe = "python.tools.whisper.transcribe:main"
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
+    "aiosqlite",
     "mypy",
     "pyfakefs",
+    "pytest-asyncio",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-mock",
     "pytest-xdist",