diff --git a/src/MonkeyCache.SQLite/MonkeyCache.SQLite.csproj b/src/MonkeyCache.SQLite/MonkeyCache.SQLite.csproj
index 40a92bc..17f9c36 100644
--- a/src/MonkeyCache.SQLite/MonkeyCache.SQLite.csproj
+++ b/src/MonkeyCache.SQLite/MonkeyCache.SQLite.csproj
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
-		<PackageReference Include="sqlite-net-pcl" Version="1.9.141-beta" />
+		<PackageReference Include="sqlite-net-pcl" Version="1.9.172" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/MonkeyCache.TestApp/MonkeyCache.TestApp.csproj b/src/MonkeyCache.TestApp/MonkeyCache.TestApp.csproj
index b77db3c..67aa4d8 100644
--- a/src/MonkeyCache.TestApp/MonkeyCache.TestApp.csproj
+++ b/src/MonkeyCache.TestApp/MonkeyCache.TestApp.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="LiteDB" Version="5.0.19" />
-    <PackageReference Include="sqlite-net-pcl" Version="1.8.116" />
+    <PackageReference Include="sqlite-net-pcl" Version="1.9.172" />
     <PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Forms" Version="2.5.0.122203" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/MonkeyCache.TestsSQLite/MonkeyCache.TestsSQLite.csproj b/src/MonkeyCache.TestsSQLite/MonkeyCache.TestsSQLite.csproj
index 1bf7452..5bdfb3e 100644
--- a/src/MonkeyCache.TestsSQLite/MonkeyCache.TestsSQLite.csproj
+++ b/src/MonkeyCache.TestsSQLite/MonkeyCache.TestsSQLite.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\MonkeyCache.SQLite\MonkeyCache.SQLite.csproj" />
     <!-- update SQLitePCLRaw to get the latest native binaries, ex. to support macOS arm64 -->
-    <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.bundle_green" Version="2.0.7" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.bundle_green" Version="2.1.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Import Project="..\MonkeyCache.TestsShared\MonkeyCache.TestsShared.projitems" Label="Shared" />
diff --git a/src/MonkeyCache/BarrelUtils.cs b/src/MonkeyCache/BarrelUtils.cs
index 3d6a331..4c28d66 100644
--- a/src/MonkeyCache/BarrelUtils.cs
+++ b/src/MonkeyCache/BarrelUtils.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ internal static string GetBasePath(string applicationId)
 #elif ANDROID
 				basePath = Application.Context.CacheDir.AbsolutePath;
 #elif WINDOWS
-				basePath = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalCacheFolder.Path;
+				try
+				{
+					basePath = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalCacheFolder.Path;
+				}
+				catch(Exception ex)
+				{
+					basePath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData);
+				}
 #else
 				basePath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData);
 #endif