diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57894a1c..2128c6ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 - Fixed some code comment typos, regenerated the JSVM types and updated npm dependencies.
 
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to 1.40.0.
+
 
 ## v0.31.0
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 137a2037..53c2e536 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.46.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.32.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0
-	modernc.org/sqlite v1.39.1
+	modernc.org/sqlite v1.40.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 781b1114..1555bf14 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ modernc.org/opt v0.1.4 h1:2kNGMRiUjrp4LcaPuLY2PzUfqM/w9N23quVwhKt5Qm8=
 modernc.org/opt v0.1.4/go.mod h1:03fq9lsNfvkYSfxrfUhZCWPk1lm4cq4N+Bh//bEtgns=
 modernc.org/sortutil v1.2.1 h1:+xyoGf15mM3NMlPDnFqrteY07klSFxLElE2PVuWIJ7w=
 modernc.org/sortutil v1.2.1/go.mod h1:7ZI3a3REbai7gzCLcotuw9AC4VZVpYMjDzETGsSMqJE=
-modernc.org/sqlite v1.39.1 h1:H+/wGFzuSCIEVCvXYVHX5RQglwhMOvtHSv+VtidL2r4=
-modernc.org/sqlite v1.39.1/go.mod h1:9fjQZ0mB1LLP0GYrp39oOJXx/I2sxEnZtzCmEQIKvGE=
+modernc.org/sqlite v1.40.0 h1:bNWEDlYhNPAUdUdBzjAvn8icAs/2gaKlj4vM+tQ6KdQ=
+modernc.org/sqlite v1.40.0/go.mod h1:9fjQZ0mB1LLP0GYrp39oOJXx/I2sxEnZtzCmEQIKvGE=
 modernc.org/strutil v1.2.1 h1:UneZBkQA+DX2Rp35KcM69cSsNES9ly8mQWD71HKlOA0=
 modernc.org/strutil v1.2.1/go.mod h1:EHkiggD70koQxjVdSBM3JKM7k6L0FbGE5eymy9i3B9A=
 modernc.org/token v1.1.0 h1:Xl7Ap9dKaEs5kLoOQeQmPWevfnk/DM5qcLcYlA8ys6Y=
diff --git a/modernc_versions_check.go b/modernc_versions_check.go
index e8949074..fcecb296 100644
--- a/modernc_versions_check.go
+++ b/modernc_versions_check.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	expectedDriverVersion = "v1.39.1"
+	expectedDriverVersion = "v1.40.0"
 	expectedLibcVersion   = "v1.66.10"
 
 	// ModerncDepsCheckHookId is the id of the hook that performs the modernc.org/* deps checks.