diff --git a/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sqlite/Akka.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj b/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sqlite/Akka.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj
index 2bb5088876c..e1fa0e36d0c 100644
--- a/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sqlite/Akka.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj
+++ b/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sqlite/Akka.Persistence.Sqlite.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SQLite" Version="6.0.10"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SQLite" Version="7.0.0"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
diff --git a/src/examples/Akka.Persistence.Custom/Akka.Persistence.Custom.csproj b/src/examples/Akka.Persistence.Custom/Akka.Persistence.Custom.csproj
index 5c2d0e89381..069d01ebf1c 100644
--- a/src/examples/Akka.Persistence.Custom/Akka.Persistence.Custom.csproj
+++ b/src/examples/Akka.Persistence.Custom/Akka.Persistence.Custom.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SQLite" Version="6.0.10" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SQLite" Version="7.0.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>