diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9849d37..b1444a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ All notable changes to wuttaweb will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## v0.28.1 (2026-02-17)
-
-### Fix
-
-- restrict version for SQLAlchemy, pending a SQLAlchemy-Utils bug
-
 ## v0.28.0 (2026-02-17)
 
 ### Feat
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ad847e2..d2be8c5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "WuttaWeb"
-version = "0.28.1"
+version = "0.28.0"
 description = "Web App for Wutta Framework"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Lance Edgar", email = "lance@wuttaproject.org"}]
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ dependencies = [
         "WuttJamaican[db]>=0.28.7",
         "zope.sqlalchemy>=1.5",
 
-        # nb. this must be pinned for now, until SQLAlchemy-Utils
-        # can address a new bug that showed up in SA 2.1.0b1
-        # cf. https://github.com/kvesteri/sqlalchemy-utils/issues/800
-        "SQLAlchemy<2.1",
-
         # nb. this must be pinned for now, until pyramid can remove
         # its dependency on pkg_resources.
         # cf. https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/issues/3731