diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a02cb29b..442ae859 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # sqlite3-ruby Changelog
 
+## next / unreleased
+
+### Dependencies
+
+Vendored sqlite is updated to [v3.42.0](https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_42_0.html).
+
+From the release announcement:
+
+> This is a regular enhancement release.  The main new features are:
+> * SQLite will now parse and understand JSON5, though it is careful to generate only pure, canonical JSON.
+> * The secure-delete option has been added to the FTS5 extension.
+
+
 ## 1.6.2 / 2023-03-27
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/dependencies.yml b/dependencies.yml
index 063c161c..fbd23dab 100644
--- a/dependencies.yml
+++ b/dependencies.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 :sqlite3:
   # checksum verified by first checking the published sha3(256) checksum against https://sqlite.org/download.html:
   #
-  # $ sha3sum -a 256 ports/archives/sqlite-autoconf-3410200.tar.gz
-  # 1ebb5539dd6fde9a0f89e8ab765af0b9f02010fc6baf6985b54781a38c00020a  ports/archives/sqlite-autoconf-3410200.tar.gz
+  # $ sha3sum -a 256 ports/archives/sqlite-autoconf-3420000.tar.gz
+  # 643898e9fcc8f6069bcd47b0e6057221c1ed17bbee57da20d2752c79d91274e8  ports/archives/sqlite-autoconf-3420000.tar.gz
   #
-  # $ sha256sum ports/archives/sqlite-autoconf-3410200.tar.gz
-  # e98c100dd1da4e30fa460761dab7c0b91a50b785e167f8c57acc46514fae9499  ports/archives/sqlite-autoconf-3410200.tar.gz
+  # $ sha256sum ports/archives/sqlite-autoconf-3420000.tar.gz
+  # 7abcfd161c6e2742ca5c6c0895d1f853c940f203304a0b49da4e1eca5d088ca6  ports/archives/sqlite-autoconf-3420000.tar.gz
   #
-  :version: "3.41.2"
+  :version: "3.42.0"
   :files:
-    - :url: "https://sqlite.org/2023/sqlite-autoconf-3410200.tar.gz"
-      :sha256: "e98c100dd1da4e30fa460761dab7c0b91a50b785e167f8c57acc46514fae9499"
+    - :url: "https://sqlite.org/2023/sqlite-autoconf-3420000.tar.gz"
+      :sha256: "7abcfd161c6e2742ca5c6c0895d1f853c940f203304a0b49da4e1eca5d088ca6"