diff --git a/platypush/plugins/db/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/db/__init__.py
index e777ca16..e92c2fe7 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/db/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/db/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from multiprocessing import RLock
 from typing import Optional, Generator, Union
 
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Table, MetaData
+from sqlalchemy import (
+    create_engine,
+    Table,
+    MetaData,
+    __version__ as sa_version,
+)
 from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 from sqlalchemy.exc import CompileError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session, sessionmaker, scoped_session
@@ -14,6 +19,21 @@ from platypush.plugins import Plugin, action
 session_locks = {}
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def conn_begin(conn):
+    """
+    Utility method to deal with `autobegin` being enabled on SQLAlchemy 2.0 but
+    not on earlier version.
+    """
+    sa_maj_ver = int(sa_version.split('.')[0])
+    if sa_maj_ver < 2:
+        yield conn.begin()
+    else:
+        yield conn._transaction
+
+    conn.commit()
+
+
 class DbPlugin(Plugin):
     """
     Database plugin. It allows you to programmatically select, insert, update
@@ -101,7 +121,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
         engine = self.get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
 
         with engine.connect() as connection:
-            connection.execute(statement)
+            connection.execute(text(statement))
 
     def _get_table(self, table, engine=None, *args, **kwargs):
         if not engine:
@@ -115,7 +135,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
             try:
                 n_tries += 1
                 metadata = MetaData()
-                table = Table(table, metadata, autoload=True, autoload_with=engine)
+                table = Table(table, metadata, autoload_with=engine)
                 db_ok = True
             except Exception as e:
                 last_error = e
@@ -139,7 +159,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
         engine=None,
         data: Optional[dict] = None,
         *args,
-        **kwargs
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         """
         Returns rows (as a list of hashes) given a query.
@@ -219,7 +239,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
             query = table.select()
 
             if filter:
-                for (k, v) in filter.items():
+                for k, v in filter.items():
                     query = query.where(self._build_condition(table, k, v))
 
         if query is None:
@@ -246,7 +266,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
         key_columns=None,
         on_duplicate_update=False,
         *args,
-        **kwargs
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         """
         Inserts records (as a list of hashes) into a table.
@@ -324,7 +344,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
                     connection, table, records, key_columns
                 )
 
-            with connection.begin():
+            with conn_begin(connection):
                 if insert_records:
                     insert = table.insert().values(insert_records)
                     ret = self._execute_try_returning(connection, insert)
@@ -394,7 +414,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
             values = {k: v for (k, v) in record.items() if k not in key_columns}
             update = table.update()
 
-            for (k, v) in key.items():
+            for k, v in key.items():
                 update = update.where(self._build_condition(table, k, v))
 
             update = update.values(**values)
@@ -498,18 +518,18 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
 
         engine = self.get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
 
-        with engine.connect() as connection, connection.begin():
+        with engine.connect() as connection, conn_begin(connection):
             for record in records:
                 table, engine = self._get_table(table, engine=engine, *args, **kwargs)
                 delete = table.delete()
 
-                for (k, v) in record.items():
+                for k, v in record.items():
                     delete = delete.where(self._build_condition(table, k, v))
 
                 connection.execute(delete)
 
     def create_all(self, engine, base):
-        with (self.get_session(engine, locked=True) as session, session.begin()):
+        with self.get_session(engine, locked=True) as session, session.begin():
             base.metadata.create_all(session.connection())
 
     @contextmanager
@@ -523,7 +543,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
             # Mock lock
             lock = RLock()
 
-        with (lock, engine.connect() as conn, conn.begin()):
+        with lock, engine.connect() as conn, conn_begin(conn):
             session = scoped_session(
                 sessionmaker(
                     expire_on_commit=False,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eb77d9ec..48e64f1b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ setup(
         'redis',
         'requests',
         'croniter',
-        'sqlalchemy<2.0.0',
+        'sqlalchemy',
         'websockets',
         'websocket-client',
         'wheel',