diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 033b73c9b..39987fcb3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "sequelize": "^4.28.6",
     "serialize-javascript": "^1.3.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.0",
-    "sqlite3": "^3.1.13",
+    "sqlite3": "^5.0.3",
     "universal-router": "^5.0.0",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^2.0.3"
   },