diff --git a/.github/workflows/sa-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/sa-versions.yml
index 27c8be17..53979d6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sa-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sa-versions.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 on: [push, pull_request]
-name: "SQLAlchemy >=2.0.25 versions"
+name: "SQLAlchemy >=2.0.18 versions"
 jobs:
   tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
           - "3.12"
         clickhouse-version:
           - 23.8.4.69
-        sa-version: [25]
+        sa-version: [18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27]
 
     name: ${{ matrix.python-version }} SA=2.0.${{ matrix.sa-version }}
     steps:
diff --git a/clickhouse_sqlalchemy/drivers/native/base.py b/clickhouse_sqlalchemy/drivers/native/base.py
index 8fe46119..5ac83a6c 100644
--- a/clickhouse_sqlalchemy/drivers/native/base.py
+++ b/clickhouse_sqlalchemy/drivers/native/base.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from urllib.parse import quote
+
 from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import TextClause
 from sqlalchemy.util import asbool
 
@@ -6,6 +8,7 @@
     ClickHouseDialect, ClickHouseExecutionContextBase, ClickHouseSQLCompiler,
 )
 from sqlalchemy.engine.interfaces import ExecuteStyle
+from sqlalchemy import __version__ as sqlalchemy_version
 
 # Export connector version
 VERSION = (0, 0, 2, None)
@@ -50,12 +53,16 @@ def import_dbapi(cls):
         return connector
 
     def create_connect_args(self, url):
+        quote_credentials = sqlalchemy_version < '2.0.25'
+
         url = url.set(drivername='clickhouse')
         if url.username:
-            url = url.set(username=url.username)
+            username = quote(url.username) if quote_credentials else url.username
+            url = url.set(username=username)
 
         if url.password:
-            url = url.set(password=url.password)
+            password = quote(url.password) if quote_credentials else url.password
+            url = url.set(password=password)
 
         self.engine_reflection = asbool(
             url.query.get('engine_reflection', 'true')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index feb675da..d821846e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def read_version():
     packages=find_packages('.', exclude=["tests*"]),
     python_requires='>=3.7, <4',
     install_requires=[
-        'sqlalchemy>=2.0.25,<2.1.0',
+        'sqlalchemy>=2.0.0,<2.1.0',
         'requests',
         'clickhouse-driver>=0.1.2',
         'asynch>=0.2.2',