diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4ea53c8..32061b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "@mapbox/sphericalmercator": "~1.1.0",
     "@mapbox/tiletype": "0.3.x",
     "d3-queue": "~3.0.7",
-    "sqlite3": "4.x"
+    "sqlite3": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "~5.16.0",