diff --git a/gemfiles/sequel-4/Gemfile b/gemfiles/sequel-4/Gemfile
index 4ff0d8c5..55eff110 100644
--- a/gemfiles/sequel-4/Gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/sequel-4/Gemfile
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ gemspec path: "../.."
 
 gem "haml"
 gem "sinatra", "~> 3"
-gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4"
+gem "sqlite3", "~> 2.8"
 
 gem "sequel", "4.41.0" # There was an incompatibility with ruby 3 in versions 4.42 - 5.29.