diff --git a/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml b/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
index da332d78..d7402e0a 100644
--- a/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ r2d2 = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 r2d2_postgres = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
 mysql = { version = "18.0", optional = true }
 r2d2_mysql = { version = "18.0", optional = true }
-rusqlite = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true }
-r2d2_sqlite = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
+rusqlite = { version = "0.23", optional = true }
+r2d2_sqlite = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
 rusted_cypher = { version = "1", optional = true }
 r2d2_cypher = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 redis = { version = "0.13", optional = true }
diff --git a/contrib/lib/src/databases.rs b/contrib/lib/src/databases.rs
index 9d5f0162..bcc7a218 100644
--- a/contrib/lib/src/databases.rs
+++ b/contrib/lib/src/databases.rs
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 //! | Postgres | [Diesel]              | `1`       | [`diesel::PgConnection`]       | `diesel_postgres_pool` |
 //! | Postgres | [Rust-Postgres]       | `0.17`    | [`postgres::Client`]           | `postgres_pool`        |
 //! | Sqlite   | [Diesel]              | `1`       | [`diesel::SqliteConnection`]   | `diesel_sqlite_pool`   |
-//! | Sqlite   | [`Rusqlite`]          | `0.16`    | [`rusqlite::Connection`]       | `sqlite_pool`          |
+//! | Sqlite   | [`Rusqlite`]          | `0.23`    | [`rusqlite::Connection`]       | `sqlite_pool`          |
 //! | Neo4j    | [`rusted_cypher`]     | `1`       | [`rusted_cypher::GraphClient`] | `cypher_pool`          |
 //! | Redis    | [`redis-rs`]          | `0.13`    | [`redis::Connection`]          | `redis_pool`           |
 //! | MongoDB  | [`mongodb`]           | `0.3.12`  | [`mongodb::db::Database`]      | `mongodb_pool`         |
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 //! [Diesel]: https://diesel.rs
 //! [`redis::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/redis/0.13.0/redis/struct.Connection.html
 //! [`rusted_cypher::GraphClient`]: https://docs.rs/rusted_cypher/1.1.0/rusted_cypher/graph/struct.GraphClient.html
-//! [`rusqlite::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/rusqlite/0.16.0/rusqlite/struct.Connection.html
+//! [`rusqlite::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/rusqlite/0.23.0/rusqlite/struct.Connection.html
 //! [`diesel::SqliteConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/prelude/struct.SqliteConnection.html
 //! [`postgres::Client`]: https://docs.rs/postgres/0.17/postgres/struct.Client.html
 //! [`diesel::PgConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/pg/struct.PgConnection.html
diff --git a/examples/raw_sqlite/Cargo.toml b/examples/raw_sqlite/Cargo.toml
index 1b09d9af..67977941 100644
--- a/examples/raw_sqlite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/raw_sqlite/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 rocket = { path = "../../core/lib" }
-rusqlite = "0.16"
+rusqlite = "0.23"
diff --git a/site/guide/6-state.md b/site/guide/6-state.md
index 6f5dd672..077258a1 100644
--- a/site/guide/6-state.md
+++ b/site/guide/6-state.md
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ Presently, Rocket provides built-in support for the following databases:
 | Postgres | [Diesel]              | `1`       | [`diesel::PgConnection`]       | `diesel_postgres_pool` |
 | Postgres | [Rust-Postgres]       | `0.17`    | [`postgres::Client`]           | `postgres_pool`        |
 | Sqlite   | [Diesel]              | `1`       | [`diesel::SqliteConnection`]   | `diesel_sqlite_pool`   |
-| Sqlite   | [`Rusqlite`]          | `0.16`    | [`rusqlite::Connection`]       | `sqlite_pool`          |
+| Sqlite   | [`Rusqlite`]          | `0.23`    | [`rusqlite::Connection`]       | `sqlite_pool`          |
 | Neo4j    | [`rusted_cypher`]     | `1`       | [`rusted_cypher::GraphClient`] | `cypher_pool`          |
 | Redis    | [`redis-rs`]          | `0.13`    | [`redis::Connection`]          | `redis_pool`           |
 | MongoDB  | [`mongodb`]           | `0.3.12`  | [`mongodb::db::Database`]      | `mongodb_pool`         |
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Presently, Rocket provides built-in support for the following databases:
 [Diesel]: https://diesel.rs
 [`redis::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/redis/0.13.0/redis/struct.Connection.html
 [`rusted_cypher::GraphClient`]: https://docs.rs/rusted_cypher/1.1.0/rusted_cypher/graph/struct.GraphClient.html
-[`rusqlite::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/rusqlite/0.16.0/rusqlite/struct.Connection.html
+[`rusqlite::Connection`]: https://docs.rs/rusqlite/0.23.0/rusqlite/struct.Connection.html
 [`diesel::SqliteConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/prelude/struct.SqliteConnection.html
 [`postgres::Client`]: https://docs.rs/postgres/0.17/postgres/struct.Client.html
 [`diesel::PgConnection`]: http://docs.diesel.rs/diesel/pg/struct.PgConnection.html