diff --git a/schleuder.gemspec b/schleuder.gemspec
index e6352da715df5ca925cdf08a02f993379a8af053..e3a4e6fc2b04ddcdd75a440c1db5ea4422fdacde 100644
--- a/schleuder.gemspec
+++ b/schleuder.gemspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   # TODO: Drop this once we cease to support ruby 2.1, see #310
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rack-test', '~> 0.7.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rake', '>= 10.5.0'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'sqlite3', '~> 1'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'sqlite3', '~> 1.3.6'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'sinatra', '~> 1'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'sinatra-contrib', '~> 1'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'thor', '~> 0'