diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f512252..f57a493 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "@ima-worldhealth/dhis2-api": "^0.5.2",
     "@ima-worldhealth/dhis2-crawler": "^0.14.0",
     "@sendgrid/mail": "^7.1.1",
-    "better-sqlite3": "^7.0.1",
+    "better-sqlite3": "^8.1.0",
     "connect-redis": "^6.0.0",
     "cron-parser": "^4.1.0",
     "dayjs": "^1.8.9",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cf17255..1fc005d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -689,10 +689,10 @@ before-after-hook@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/before-after-hook/-/before-after-hook-2.2.2.tgz#a6e8ca41028d90ee2c24222f201c90956091613e"
   integrity sha512-3pZEU3NT5BFUo/AD5ERPWOgQOCZITni6iavr5AUw5AUwQjMlI0kzu5btnyD39AF0gUEsDPwJT+oY1ORBJijPjQ==
 
-better-sqlite3@^7.0.1:
-  version "7.5.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/better-sqlite3/-/better-sqlite3-7.5.3.tgz#b42e02941f918cb8048971273abc458d937ab2b9"
-  integrity sha512-tNIrDsThpWT8j1mg+svI1pqCYROqNOWMbB2qXVg+TJqH9UR5XnbAHyRsLZoJagldGTTqJPj/sUPVOkW0GRpYqw==
+better-sqlite3@^8.1.0:
+  version "8.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/better-sqlite3/-/better-sqlite3-8.1.0.tgz#a0039c5dfdc04b733cac3c8dbe1b71f3e5fc62d3"
+  integrity sha512-p1m09H+Oi8R9TPj810pdNswMFuVgRNgCJEWypp6jlkOgSwMIrNyuj3hW78xEuBRGok5RzeaUW8aBtTWF3l/TQA==
   dependencies:
     bindings "^1.5.0"
     prebuild-install "^7.1.0"