diff --git a/mail-notify.gemspec b/mail-notify.gemspec
index 319c586..005c915 100644
--- a/mail-notify.gemspec
+++ b/mail-notify.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13.0.6"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", "~> 5.1"
   spec.add_development_dependency "standard", "~> 1"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.6.2"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.7.1"
   spec.add_development_dependency "webmock", "~> 3.16.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-mocks", "~> 3.12.6"