diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 300d9ffef..c0508b91e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ gem 'espeak-ruby', '~> 1.1.0' # Text-to-Voice
 gem 'rake', '~> 13.3'
 gem 'activerecord', '~> 8.0' 
 gem 'otr-activerecord', '~> 2.5.0'
-gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.7'
+gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.8'
 gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.81.7', require: false
 
 # Geolocation support
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bb25a3a78..1cf7a40ec 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -230,14 +230,14 @@ GEM
       rack-session (>= 2.0.0, < 3)
       tilt (~> 2.0)
     slack-notifier (2.4.0)
-    sqlite3 (2.7.4-aarch64-linux-gnu)
-    sqlite3 (2.7.4-aarch64-linux-musl)
-    sqlite3 (2.7.4-arm-linux-gnu)
-    sqlite3 (2.7.4-arm-linux-musl)
-    sqlite3 (2.7.4-arm64-darwin)
-    sqlite3 (2.7.4-x86_64-darwin)
-    sqlite3 (2.7.4-x86_64-linux-gnu)
-    sqlite3 (2.7.4-x86_64-linux-musl)
+    sqlite3 (2.8.0-aarch64-linux-gnu)
+    sqlite3 (2.8.0-aarch64-linux-musl)
+    sqlite3 (2.8.0-arm-linux-gnu)
+    sqlite3 (2.8.0-arm-linux-musl)
+    sqlite3 (2.8.0-arm64-darwin)
+    sqlite3 (2.8.0-x86_64-darwin)
+    sqlite3 (2.8.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+    sqlite3 (2.8.0-x86_64-linux-musl)
     stringio (3.1.7)
     sync (0.5.0)
     term-ansicolor (1.11.3)
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   selenium-webdriver (~> 4.38)
   sinatra (~> 4.1)
   slack-notifier (~> 2.4)
-  sqlite3 (~> 2.7)
+  sqlite3 (~> 2.8)
   term-ansicolor
   test-unit-full (~> 0.0.5)
   thin (~> 2.0)