diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 661fb3f..4c34f47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install flake8 pytest
-        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        pip install -e ".[sql]"
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 983402c..7ee010a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 ## **0.3.0**
 
-> This version adds support for Gremlin-compatible graph databases, such as AWS Neptune, TinkerPop, Janus, etc, through the `GremlinBackend`.
+> This version adds support for Gremlin-compatible graph databases, such as AWS Neptune, TinkerPop, Janus, etc, through the `GremlinBackend`, and loosens the requirements for the base installation of `grand-graph`. You can now install `grand-graph[sql]` or `grand-graph[dynamodb]` to get additional functionality (with additional dependencies).
 
 -   Improvements
     -   Backends
         -   Add `GremlinBackend` to the list of supported backends
+-   Housekeeping
+    -   Removes sqlalchemy and boto3 from the list of requirements for the base install. You can now install these with `pip3 install grand-graph[sql]` or `[dyanmodb]`.
 
 ## **0.2.0**
 
diff --git a/grand/__init__.py b/grand/__init__.py
index e62be66..01a8f3e 100644
--- a/grand/__init__.py
+++ b/grand/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 _DEFAULT_BACKEND = NetworkXBackend
 
-__version__ = "0.2.0"
+__version__ = "0.2.1"
 
 
 class Graph:
diff --git a/grand/backends/__init__.py b/grand/backends/__init__.py
index e66c29c..25be9d8 100644
--- a/grand/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/grand/backends/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 from .backend import Backend
-from .dynamodb import DynamoDBBackend
+
+try:
+    from .dynamodb import DynamoDBBackend
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 from .networkx import NetworkXBackend
-from .sqlbackend import SQLBackend
 
-# from .networkit import NetworkitBackend
+try:
+    from .sqlbackend import SQLBackend
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+try:
+    from .networkit import NetworkitBackend
+except ImportError:
+    pass
diff --git a/grand/backends/networkx.py b/grand/backends/networkx.py
index 1368682..e2a9cf9 100644
--- a/grand/backends/networkx.py
+++ b/grand/backends/networkx.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Hashable, Generator, Iterable
 import time
 
-import boto3
 import pandas as pd
 import networkx as nx
 
diff --git a/grand/backends/test_backends.py b/grand/backends/test_backends.py
index a0e9612..f1217d7 100644
--- a/grand/backends/test_backends.py
+++ b/grand/backends/test_backends.py
@@ -3,9 +3,25 @@
 
 import networkx as nx
 
-from . import NetworkXBackend, SQLBackend, DynamoDBBackend
+from . import NetworkXBackend
+
+try:
+    from .dynamodb import DynamoDBBackend
+
+    _CAN_IMPORT_DYNAMODB = True
+except ImportError:
+    _CAN_IMPORT_DYNAMODB = False
+
+try:
+    from .sqlbackend import SQLBackend
+
+    _CAN_IMPORT_SQL = True
+except ImportError:
+    _CAN_IMPORT_SQL = False
+
 from .. import Graph
 
+
 backend_test_params = [
     pytest.param(
         NetworkXBackend,
@@ -14,21 +30,30 @@
             reason="NetworkX Backend skipped because $TEST_NETWORKXBACKEND != 0.",
         ),
     ),
-    pytest.param(
-        SQLBackend,
-        marks=pytest.mark.skipif(
-            os.environ.get("TEST_SQLBACKEND", default="1") != "1",
-            reason="SQL Backend skipped because $TEST_SQLBACKEND != 0.",
+]
+
+if _CAN_IMPORT_DYNAMODB:
+    backend_test_params.append(
+        pytest.param(
+            DynamoDBBackend,
+            marks=pytest.mark.skipif(
+                os.environ.get("TEST_DYNAMODB", default="1") != "1",
+                reason="DynamoDB Backend skipped because $TEST_DYNAMODB != 0 or boto3 is not installed",
+            ),
         ),
-    ),
-    pytest.param(
-        DynamoDBBackend,
-        marks=pytest.mark.skipif(
-            os.environ.get("TEST_DYNAMODBBACKEND") != "1",
-            reason="DynamoDB Backend skipped because $TEST_DYNAMODBBACKEND != 0.",
+    )
+
+if _CAN_IMPORT_SQL:
+    backend_test_params.append(
+        pytest.param(
+            SQLBackend,
+            marks=pytest.mark.skipif(
+                os.environ.get("TEST_SQLBACKEND", default="1") != "1"
+                or not _CAN_IMPORT_SQL,
+                reason="SQL Backend skipped because $TEST_SQLBACKEND != 0 or sqlalchemy is not installed.",
+            ),
         ),
-    ),
-]
+    )
 
 if os.environ.get("TEST_NETWORKITBACKEND") == "1":
     from .networkit import NetworkitBackend
@@ -93,7 +118,7 @@ def test_can_get_node(self, backend):
     def test_can_get_edge(self, backend):
         G = Graph(backend=backend())
         nxG = nx.Graph()
-        md = {"k":"B"}
+        md = {"k": "B"}
         G.nx.add_edge("A", "B", **md)
         nxG.add_edge("A", "B", **md)
         assert G.nx.get_edge_data("A", "B") == nxG.get_edge_data("A", "B")
@@ -130,7 +155,7 @@ def test_undirected_adj(self, backend):
         assert G.nx._adj == nxG._adj
 
     def test_directed_adj(self, backend):
-        G = Graph(backend=SQLBackend(directed=True))
+        G = Graph(backend=backend(directed=True))
         nxG = nx.DiGraph()
         assert G.nx._adj == nxG._adj
         G.nx.add_edge("A", "B")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 015a888..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-boto3
-networkx==2.4
-numpy==1.19.1
-pandas==1.1.0
-SQLAlchemy==1.3.18
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 197985d..4cf7659 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
-["sqlalchemy"]
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="grand-graph",
-    version="0.2.0",
+    version="0.2.1",
     author="Jordan Matelsky",
     author_email="opensource@matelsky.com",
     description="Graph database wrapper for non-graph datastores",
@@ -16,12 +15,14 @@
     url="https://github.com/aplbrain/grand",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
-        "boto3",
-        "networkx==2.4",
-        "numpy==1.19.1",
-        "pandas==1.1.0",
-        "SQLAlchemy==1.3.18",
+        "networkx>=2.4",
+        "numpy",
+        "pandas",
     ],
+    extra_requires={
+        "sql": ["SQLAlchemy>=1.3"],
+        "dynamodb": ["boto3"],
+    },
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",