diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5445c431cb5b..6d0e10b04b1f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ GCONF_VERSION=1.2.1
 GIO_VERSION=2.20
 STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_VERSION=0.8
 DBUS_VERSION=0.60
-SQLITE_VERSION=3.7.16.1
+SQLITE_VERSION=3.7.17
 
 MSMANIFEST_TOOL=
 
diff --git a/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA b/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
index d416a9aaa13a..590515b4cf09 100644
--- a/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
+++ b/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-This is sqlite 3.7.16.1
+This is sqlite 3.7.17
 
--- Ryan VanderMeulen <ryanvm@gmail.com>, 04/2013
+-- Ryan VanderMeulen <ryanvm@gmail.com>, 05/2013
 
 See http://www.sqlite.org/ for more info.