diff --git a/statesman.gemspec b/statesman.gemspec
index a69d1e50..22f6d9b1 100644
--- a/statesman.gemspec
+++ b/statesman.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-github", "~> 2.4.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-its", "~> 1.1"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", "~> 6.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.6.1"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.7.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "timecop", "~> 0.9.1"
 
   spec.metadata = {