diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e600cc4..f047b8b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.13,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
+    "alembic>=1.18.1",
     "fastapi[standard]>=0.119.0",
     "sqlalchemy>=2.0.44",
 ]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2756239..fca9469 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2,11 +2,26 @@ version = 1
 revision = 3
 requires-python = "==3.13.*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "alembic"
+version = "1.18.1"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "mako" },
+    { name = "sqlalchemy" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
+]
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+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/83/36/cd9cb6101e81e39076b2fbe303bfa3c85ca34e55142b0324fcbf22c5c6e2/alembic-1.18.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f1c3b0920b87134e851c25f1f7f236d8a332c34b75416802d06971df5d1b7810", size = 260973, upload-time = "2026-01-14T18:53:17.533Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allmende-payment-system"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
+    { name = "alembic" },
     { name = "fastapi", extra = ["standard"] },
     { name = "sqlalchemy" },
 ]
@@ -22,6 +37,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
+    { name = "alembic", specifier = ">=1.18.1" },
     { name = "fastapi", extras = ["standard"], specifier = ">=0.119.0" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy", specifier = ">=2.0.44" },
 ]
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+[[package]]
+name = "mako"
+version = "1.3.10"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "markupsafe" },
+]
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+
 [[package]]
 name = "markdown-it-py"
 version = "4.0.0"