diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 81fdb0fb0b..7a3b7e0eca 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Routes==2.4.1
 simplejson==3.13.2
 six==1.15.0
 snowballstemmer==1.2.1
-SQLAlchemy==1.3.1
+SQLAlchemy==1.3.17
 sqlalchemy-migrate==0.11.0
 sqlparse==0.2.4
 statsd==3.2.2
diff --git a/manila/db/sqlalchemy/models.py b/manila/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
index 81a388d149..245185ca98 100644
--- a/manila/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/manila/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ class ShareSnapshotInstance(BASE, ManilaBase):
         ),
         viewonly=True,
         join_depth=2,
+        sync_backref=False,
     )
     share_group_snapshot = orm.relationship(
         "ShareGroupSnapshot",
@@ -815,6 +816,7 @@ class ShareSnapshotInstance(BASE, ManilaBase):
                      'ShareSnapshotInstance.share_group_snapshot_id'),
         viewonly=True,
         join_depth=2,
+        sync_backref=False,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1924806-sqlalchemy-view-only-relationships-807d406cf8fac06c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1924806-sqlalchemy-view-only-relationships-807d406cf8fac06c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1449ab2f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1924806-sqlalchemy-view-only-relationships-807d406cf8fac06c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    View-only relationships in database objects have been appropriately
+    tagged to avoid sqlalchemy deprecation messages flooding the log files.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2c4b275cca..662bf42372 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ requests>=2.23.0 # Apache-2.0
 retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 Routes>=2.4.1 # MIT
 six>=1.15.0 # MIT
-SQLAlchemy>=1.3.1 # MIT
+SQLAlchemy>=1.3.17 # MIT
 stevedore>=3.2.2 # Apache-2.0
 tooz>=2.7.1 # Apache-2.0
 python-cinderclient!=4.0.0,>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0