diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ac06e0d45..a49be2157 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ gem 'espeak-ruby', '~> 1.1.0' # Text-to-Voice
 gem 'rake', '~> 13.2'
 gem 'activerecord', '~> 7.2' 
 gem 'otr-activerecord', '~> 2.5.0'
-gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.5'
+gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.6'
 gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.72.2', require: false
 
 # Geolocation support
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5b2028ca8..764d675db 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ GEM
       rack-protection (= 3.2.0)
       tilt (~> 2.0)
     slack-notifier (2.4.0)
-    sqlite3 (2.5.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+    sqlite3 (2.6.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
     stringio (3.1.2)
     sync (0.5.0)
     term-ansicolor (1.11.2)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   selenium-webdriver (~> 4.29)
   sinatra (~> 3.2)
   slack-notifier (~> 2.4)
-  sqlite3 (~> 2.5)
+  sqlite3 (~> 2.6)
   term-ansicolor
   test-unit-full (~> 0.0.5)
   thin (~> 1.8)