diff --git a/diesel/Cargo.toml b/diesel/Cargo.toml
index 3b81e339ac0b..e754f195a8ae 100644
--- a/diesel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/diesel/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rust-version = "1.66.0"
 byteorder = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.20", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std"] }
 libc = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
-libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.27.0", optional = true, features = ["bundled_bindings"] }
+libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.28.0", optional = true, features = ["bundled_bindings"] }
 mysqlclient-sys = { version = "0.2.5", optional = true }
 pq-sys = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 quickcheck = { version = "1.0.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/diesel/src/sqlite/connection/raw.rs b/diesel/src/sqlite/connection/raw.rs
index 047736b35632..9f31a58106a4 100644
--- a/diesel/src/sqlite/connection/raw.rs
+++ b/diesel/src/sqlite/connection/raw.rs
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ impl RawConnection {
     }
 
     pub(super) fn deserialize(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> QueryResult<()> {
+        // the cast for `ffi::SQLITE_DESERIALIZE_READONLY` is required for old libsqlite3-sys versions
+        #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
         unsafe {
             let result = ffi::sqlite3_deserialize(
                 self.internal_connection.as_ptr(),
diff --git a/diesel/src/sqlite/connection/stmt.rs b/diesel/src/sqlite/connection/stmt.rs
index c580bb3e4aaf..a5ba556690c1 100644
--- a/diesel/src/sqlite/connection/stmt.rs
+++ b/diesel/src/sqlite/connection/stmt.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ impl Statement {
     ) -> QueryResult<Self> {
         let mut stmt = ptr::null_mut();
         let mut unused_portion = ptr::null();
+        // the cast for `ffi::SQLITE_PREPARE_PERSISTENT` is required for old libsqlite3-sys versions
+        #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
         let prepare_result = unsafe {
             ffi::sqlite3_prepare_v3(
                 raw_connection.internal_connection.as_ptr(),
diff --git a/diesel_cli/Cargo.toml b/diesel_cli/Cargo.toml
index 1a2eeb75ff67..c72b7a352d5a 100644
--- a/diesel_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/diesel_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ heck = "0.4.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.8"
 url = { version = "2.2.2" }
-libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.27.0", optional = true }
+libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.28.0", optional = true }
 diffy = "0.3.0"
 regex = "1.0.6"
 serde_regex = "1.1"
diff --git a/diesel_tests/Cargo.toml b/diesel_tests/Cargo.toml
index e2340c979037..5fdd4a5f35dd 100644
--- a/diesel_tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/diesel_tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ipnet = { version = "2.5.0" }
 ipnetwork = ">=0.12.2, <0.21.0"
 bigdecimal = ">= 0.0.13, < 0.5.0"
 rand = "0.8.4"
-libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.26", optional = true }
+libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.27", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/examples/sqlite/all_about_inserts/Cargo.toml b/examples/sqlite/all_about_inserts/Cargo.toml
index f8d2b8ad1397..80f6e615d21a 100644
--- a/examples/sqlite/all_about_inserts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/sqlite/all_about_inserts/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ diesel = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../diesel", features = ["sqlite", "c
 serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.68"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.20", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std"] }
-libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.27.0", features = ["bundled"] }
+libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 
 [lib]
 doc = false
diff --git a/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_1/Cargo.toml b/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_1/Cargo.toml
index 356b2c1d20c5..a53a790cfa1c 100644
--- a/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_1/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_1/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 diesel = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../diesel", features = ["sqlite"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15"
-libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.27.0", features = ["bundled"] }
+libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 
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diff --git a/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_2/Cargo.toml b/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_2/Cargo.toml
index 22f301218625..ad212b010c17 100644
--- a/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_2/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 diesel = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../diesel", features = ["sqlite", "returning_clauses_for_sqlite_3_35"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15"
-libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.27.0", features = ["bundled"] }
+libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 
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 name = "show_posts"
diff --git a/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_3/Cargo.toml b/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_3/Cargo.toml
index 9752dfaf17d0..1c975637442c 100644
--- a/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_3/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/sqlite/getting_started_step_3/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 diesel = { version = "2.1.0", path = "../../../diesel", features = ["sqlite", "returning_clauses_for_sqlite_3_35"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15"
-libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.27.0", features = ["bundled"] }
+libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "show_posts"