diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/sqlstore/sqlalchemy_sqlstore.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/sqlstore/sqlalchemy_sqlstore.py
index f75c35314..46ed8c1d1 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/sqlstore/sqlalchemy_sqlstore.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/sqlstore/sqlalchemy_sqlstore.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import (
 )
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import async_sessionmaker, create_async_engine
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio.engine import AsyncEngine
+from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import ColumnElement
 
 from llama_stack.apis.common.responses import PaginatedResponse
 from llama_stack.log import get_logger
@@ -43,6 +44,30 @@ TYPE_MAPPING: dict[ColumnType, Any] = {
 }
 
 
+def _build_where_expr(column: ColumnElement, value: Any) -> ColumnElement:
+    """Return a SQLAlchemy expression for a where condition.
+
+    `value` may be a simple scalar (equality) or a mapping like {">": 123}.
+    The returned expression is a SQLAlchemy ColumnElement usable in query.where(...).
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, Mapping):
+        if len(value) != 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Operator mapping must have a single operator, got: {value}")
+        op, operand = next(iter(value.items()))
+        if op == "==" or op == "=":
+            return column == operand
+        if op == ">":
+            return column > operand
+        if op == "<":
+            return column < operand
+        if op == ">=":
+            return column >= operand
+        if op == "<=":
+            return column <= operand
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported operator '{op}' in where mapping")
+    return column == value
+
+
 class SqlAlchemySqlStoreImpl(SqlStore):
     def __init__(self, config: SqlAlchemySqlStoreConfig):
         self.config = config
@@ -111,7 +136,7 @@ class SqlAlchemySqlStoreImpl(SqlStore):
 
             if where:
                 for key, value in where.items():
-                    query = query.where(table_obj.c[key] == value)
+                    query = query.where(_build_where_expr(table_obj.c[key], value))
 
             if where_sql:
                 query = query.where(text(where_sql))
@@ -222,7 +247,7 @@ class SqlAlchemySqlStoreImpl(SqlStore):
         async with self.async_session() as session:
             stmt = self.metadata.tables[table].update()
             for key, value in where.items():
-                stmt = stmt.where(self.metadata.tables[table].c[key] == value)
+                stmt = stmt.where(_build_where_expr(self.metadata.tables[table].c[key], value))
             await session.execute(stmt, data)
             await session.commit()
 
@@ -233,7 +258,7 @@ class SqlAlchemySqlStoreImpl(SqlStore):
         async with self.async_session() as session:
             stmt = self.metadata.tables[table].delete()
             for key, value in where.items():
-                stmt = stmt.where(self.metadata.tables[table].c[key] == value)
+                stmt = stmt.where(_build_where_expr(self.metadata.tables[table].c[key], value))
             await session.execute(stmt)
             await session.commit()
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/sqlstore/test_sqlstore.py b/tests/unit/utils/sqlstore/test_sqlstore.py
index 778f0b658..ba59ec7ec 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/sqlstore/test_sqlstore.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/sqlstore/test_sqlstore.py
@@ -332,6 +332,63 @@ async def test_sqlstore_pagination_error_handling():
             )
 
 
+async def test_where_operator_gt_and_update_delete():
+    with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+        db_path = tmp_dir + "/test.db"
+        store = SqlAlchemySqlStoreImpl(SqliteSqlStoreConfig(db_path=db_path))
+
+        await store.create_table(
+            "items",
+            {
+                "id": ColumnType.INTEGER,
+                "value": ColumnType.INTEGER,
+                "name": ColumnType.STRING,
+            },
+        )
+
+        await store.insert("items", {"id": 1, "value": 10, "name": "one"})
+        await store.insert("items", {"id": 2, "value": 20, "name": "two"})
+        await store.insert("items", {"id": 3, "value": 30, "name": "three"})
+
+        result = await store.fetch_all("items", where={"value": {">": 15}})
+        assert {r["id"] for r in result.data} == {2, 3}
+
+        row = await store.fetch_one("items", where={"value": {">=": 30}})
+        assert row["id"] == 3
+
+        await store.update("items", {"name": "small"}, {"value": {"<": 25}})
+        rows = (await store.fetch_all("items")).data
+        names = {r["id"]: r["name"] for r in rows}
+        assert names[1] == "small"
+        assert names[2] == "small"
+        assert names[3] == "three"
+
+        await store.delete("items", {"id": {"==": 2}})
+        rows_after = (await store.fetch_all("items")).data
+        assert {r["id"] for r in rows_after} == {1, 3}
+
+
+async def test_where_operator_edge_cases():
+    with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+        db_path = tmp_dir + "/test.db"
+        store = SqlAlchemySqlStoreImpl(SqliteSqlStoreConfig(db_path=db_path))
+
+        await store.create_table(
+            "events",
+            {"id": ColumnType.STRING, "ts": ColumnType.INTEGER},
+        )
+
+        base = 1024
+        await store.insert("events", {"id": "a", "ts": base - 10})
+        await store.insert("events", {"id": "b", "ts": base + 10})
+
+        row = await store.fetch_one("events", where={"id": "a"})
+        assert row["id"] == "a"
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unsupported operator"):
+            await store.fetch_all("events", where={"ts": {"!=": base}})
+
+
 async def test_sqlstore_pagination_custom_key_column():
     """Test pagination with custom primary key column (not 'id')."""
     with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir: