diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e182bf0578..f665321625 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ platforms :ruby, :mswin, :mswin64, :mingw, :x64_mingw do
   gem "racc", ">=1.4.6", require: false
 
   # Active Record.
-  gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.3.6"
+  gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.3", ">= 1.3.6"
 
   group :db do
     gem "pg", ">= 0.18.0"
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
index 14dbd20bcd..7b3630662b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require "active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3/schema_definitions"
 require "active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3/schema_dumper"
 require "active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3/schema_statements"
 
-gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.3.6"
+gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.3", ">= 1.3.6"
 require "sqlite3"
 
 module ActiveRecord