diff --git a/Assets/dll/e_sqlite3.dll b/Assets/dll/e_sqlite3.dll
index 7d83888183..36ce9f0738 100644
Binary files a/Assets/dll/e_sqlite3.dll and b/Assets/dll/e_sqlite3.dll differ
diff --git a/Assets/dll/libe_sqlite3.so b/Assets/dll/libe_sqlite3.so
index 03ef02b1bd..f9156df885 100644
Binary files a/Assets/dll/libe_sqlite3.so and b/Assets/dll/libe_sqlite3.so differ
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/SQLiteApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/SQLiteApi.cs
index 2b612af464..4e07a8d968 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/SQLiteApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/SQLiteApi.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
 	public sealed class SQLiteApi : ISQLiteApi
 	{
+		static SQLiteApi()
+		{
+			SQLitePCL.raw.SetProvider(new SQLitePCL.SQLite3Provider_e_sqlite3());
+		}
+
 		private SqliteConnection _dbConnection;
 
 		public string CreateDatabase(string name)
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
index 195cfa3de7..7c169e4719 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<Reference Include="NLua, Version=1.4.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null, processorArchitecture=MSIL" SpecificVersion="false" HintPath="$(ProjectDir)../../References/NLua.dll" Private="true" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="7.0.9" ExcludeAssets="buildTransitive" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core" Version="8.0.1" />
+		<PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.provider.e_sqlite3" Version="2.1.8" />
 		<PackageReference Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.31.0" /><!-- can't update any further or .gz stops being detected as archive -->
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.csproj" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="$(ProjectDir)../BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.csproj" />