diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-06-18-09-05-08.bpo-35360.tdqSmo.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-06-18-09-05-08.bpo-35360.tdqSmo.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..8fea56a00fdc04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-06-18-09-05-08.bpo-35360.tdqSmo.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update Windows builds to use SQLite 3.28.0.
diff --git a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
index f0a4b9946d86c7c..eba19492d94b98c 100644
--- a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
+++ b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ set libraries=
 set libraries=%libraries%                                    bzip2-1.0.6
 if NOT "%IncludeBsddb%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries%   bsddb-4.7.25.0
 if NOT "%IncludeSSL%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries%     openssl-1.0.2s
-set libraries=%libraries%                                    sqlite-3.14.2.0
+set libraries=%libraries%                                    sqlite-3.28.0.0
 if NOT "%IncludeTkinter%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tcl-8.5.19.0
 if NOT "%IncludeTkinter%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tk-8.5.19.0
 if NOT "%IncludeTkinter%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tix-8.4.3.5
diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
index b3dc1da3dffd5f0..355bb3f052394ec 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python.props
+++ b/PCbuild/python.props
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <!-- Directories of external projects. tcltk is handled in tcltk.props -->
     <ExternalsDir>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath(`$(PySourcePath)externals\`))</ExternalsDir>
-    <sqlite3Dir>$(ExternalsDir)sqlite-3.14.2.0\</sqlite3Dir>
+    <sqlite3Dir>$(ExternalsDir)sqlite-3.28.0.0\</sqlite3Dir>
     <bz2Dir>$(ExternalsDir)bzip2-1.0.6\</bz2Dir>
     <bsddbDir>$(ExternalsDir)bsddb-4.7.25.0</bsddbDir>
     <opensslDir>$(ExternalsDir)openssl-1.0.2s\</opensslDir>
diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index ab4b6d0760a770a..f4a5e57f022a763 100644
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ _ssl
     functionality to _ssl or _hashlib. They will not clean up their output
     with the normal Clean target; CleanAll should be used instead.
 _sqlite3
-    Wraps SQLite 3.8.11.0, which is itself built by sqlite3.vcxproj
+    Wraps SQLite 3.28.0.0, which is itself built by sqlite3.vcxproj
     Homepage:
         http://www.sqlite.org/
 _tkinter