diff --git a/statesman.gemspec b/statesman.gemspec
index 15532ead..79fbc150 100644
--- a/statesman.gemspec
+++ b/statesman.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-github", "~> 2.4.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-its", "~> 1.1"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", "~> 6.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.7.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 2.0.1"
   spec.add_development_dependency "timecop", "~> 0.9.1"
 
   spec.metadata = {