diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7fbc6d89..334bb28f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ When officially released 8.0 will support (mostly) seamless upgrades from the 7.
 - [PR #1405](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1405): Support a configurable HTTP connection timeout in the rqlite CLI. Thanks @jtarchie
 - [PR #1418](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1418): Add basic CORS support. Fixes [issue #687](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/issues/687). Thanks @kkoreilly
 - [PR #1422](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1422): Add mTLS support to rqlite CLI. Fixes [issue #1421](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/issues/1421)
+- [PR #1427](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1427): Upgrade to SQLite 3.44.0.
   
 ### Implementation changes and bug fixes
 - [PR #1368](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1374): Switch to always-on expvar and pprof.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d0f7fb31..642056c8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mkideal/cli v0.2.7
 	github.com/mkideal/pkg v0.1.3
-	github.com/rqlite/go-sqlite3 v1.29.0
+	github.com/rqlite/go-sqlite3 v1.30.0
 	github.com/rqlite/raft-boltdb/v2 v2.0.0-20230523104317-c08e70f4de48
 	github.com/rqlite/rqlite-disco-clients v0.0.0-20231121120431-b2b3f3f258b8
 	github.com/rqlite/sql v0.0.0-20221103124402-8f9ff0ceb8f0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index afe54dfe..a372e6d7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1614,6 +1614,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/f
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
 github.com/rqlite/go-sqlite3 v1.29.0 h1:esocwKISD/it/52y105s1Y/MrGYSUL/lJHIQCHHd230=
 github.com/rqlite/go-sqlite3 v1.29.0/go.mod h1:nd4ooHtz396nqTudi+5u7stMN8EEkHjceyUARVYOceY=
+github.com/rqlite/go-sqlite3 v1.30.0 h1:uwTOWlkW7gC3KxgRs86TgmYQt/wsI+znHDOYmYX3t34=
+github.com/rqlite/go-sqlite3 v1.30.0/go.mod h1:nd4ooHtz396nqTudi+5u7stMN8EEkHjceyUARVYOceY=
 github.com/rqlite/raft-boltdb/v2 v2.0.0-20230523104317-c08e70f4de48 h1:NZ62M+kT0JqhyFUMc8I4SMmfmD4NGJxhb2ePJQXjryc=
 github.com/rqlite/raft-boltdb/v2 v2.0.0-20230523104317-c08e70f4de48/go.mod h1:CRnsxgy5G8fAf5J+AM0yrsSdxXHKkIYOaq2sm+Q4DYc=
 github.com/rqlite/rqlite-disco-clients v0.0.0-20231121120431-b2b3f3f258b8 h1:yQOGslcEn2k4E0WRrtaIK6SqaX6MS/DYBhuAW01VYvw=