diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 56cf305941..c337327dad 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6
 	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0
-	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.24
+	github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.20.3
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.1
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
+	github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0 // indirect
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20200116055534-eef842397966 // indirect
 	github.com/stefanberger/go-pkcs11uri v0.0.0-20230803200340-78284954bff6 // indirect
 	github.com/tchap/go-patricia/v2 v2.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399 // indirect
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb // indirect
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 977864565f..2737f42576 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWE
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 h1:E5ScNMtiwvlvB5paMFdw9p4kSQzbXFikJ5SQO6TULQc=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
-github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.24 h1:tpSp2G2KyMnnQu99ngJ47EIkWVmliIizyZBfPrBWDRM=
-github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.24/go.mod h1:Uh1q+B4BYcTPb+yiD3kU8Ct7aC0hY9fxUwlHK0RXw+Y=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1 h1:Ugu9pdy6vAYku5DEpVWVFPYnzV+bxB+iRdbuFSu7TvU=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1/go.mod h1:XsNlhZGX73bx86s2hdc/FuaLm2CPZJemRLMA+WTFxgs=
@@ -253,6 +251,10 @@ github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0/go.mod h1:BbKIizmSmc5MMPqRYbxO4ZU0S0+P200+tUnFx7P
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.20.3 h1:+4G4uEqOeusF0yRuQVUl9fuoEebUolwQSnBUjYBLYIw=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.20.3/go.mod h1:ojLIAB243gtz68Eo283Ps+k9PyR3dvzS+9/RgId4+AA=
+github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 h1:fH0OKwa7NWvniGQtxdJRxAgkBMolni2BjDHaWTxqt7M=
+github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Dusn2KvZrrovOMJuOt0TNXL6tB7U2E8kvza5fFc9G7g=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 h1:EGfNDEx6MqHz8B3uNV6QAib1UR2Lm97sHi3ocA6ESJ4=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
@@ -337,6 +339,8 @@ github.com/sylabs/sif/v2 v2.20.0 h1:RfDHEltUrchZbp/XGcWaw3nRSbufoNWqvwmf91/Q2gI=
 github.com/sylabs/sif/v2 v2.20.0/go.mod h1:z6dq3B7QXK0pD71n15kAapven+gE+PZAIPOewBTNDpU=
 github.com/tchap/go-patricia/v2 v2.3.1 h1:6rQp39lgIYZ+MHmdEq4xzuk1t7OdC35z/xm0BGhTkes=
 github.com/tchap/go-patricia/v2 v2.3.1/go.mod h1:VZRHKAb53DLaG+nA9EaYYiaEx6YztwDlLElMsnSHD4k=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.8.2 h1:yIgLR/b2bN31bjxwXHD8a3d+BogigR952csSDdLYEv4=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.8.2/go.mod h1:yAI0XTsMBhREkM/YDAK/zNou3GoiAce1P6+rp/wQhjs=
 github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399 h1:e/5i7d4oYZ+C1wj2THlRK+oAhjeS/TRQwMfkIuet3w0=
 github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399/go.mod h1:LdwHTNJT99C5fTAzDz0ud328OgXz+gierycbcIx2fRs=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 h1:37Nm15o69RwBkXM0J6A5OlE67RZTfzUxTj8fB3dfcsc=
diff --git a/pkg/blobinfocache/sqlite/sqlite.go b/pkg/blobinfocache/sqlite/sqlite.go
index 1a79310239..a7e3902043 100644
--- a/pkg/blobinfocache/sqlite/sqlite.go
+++ b/pkg/blobinfocache/sqlite/sqlite.go
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/internal/blobinfocache"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/pkg/blobinfocache/internal/prioritize"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
-	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3" // Registers the "sqlite3" backend backend for database/sql
+
+	// Registers the "sqlite3" backend backend for database/sql
+	_ "github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/driver"
+	_ "github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/embed"
+
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )