diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 275300fdb59e..7f3dab164dc8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ LIBGNOME_VERSION=2.0
 STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_VERSION=0.8
 DBUS_VERSION=0.60
 LCMS_VERSION=1.17
-SQLITE_VERSION=3.5.9
+SQLITE_VERSION=3.5.4
 
 MSMANIFEST_TOOL=
 
diff --git a/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA b/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
index ef6b0f666bee..c958c94d8efa 100644
--- a/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
+++ b/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-This is sqlite 3.5.9
+This is sqlite 3.5.4.2
 
--- Shawn Wilsher <me@shawnwilsher.com>, 06/2008
+
+-- Peter Weilbacher <mozilla@weilbacher.org>, 04/2008
 
 See http://www.sqlite.org/ for more info.