diff --git a/core/rs/core/src/bootstrap.rs b/core/rs/core/src/bootstrap.rs
index 7b314cb1..808484a6 100644
--- a/core/rs/core/src/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/core/rs/core/src/bootstrap.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ fn maybe_update_db_inner(
         }
     }
 
-    if recorded_version < consts::CRSQLITE_VERSION && !is_blank_slate {
+    if recorded_version < consts::CRSQLITE_VERSION_0_15_0 && !is_blank_slate {
         // todo: return an error message to the user that their version is
         // not supported
         let cstring = CString::new(format!("Opening a db created with cr-sqlite version {} is not supported. Upcoming release 0.15.0 is a breaking change.", recorded_version))?;
diff --git a/core/rs/core/src/consts.rs b/core/rs/core/src/consts.rs
index 2c686e2a..0330d99b 100644
--- a/core/rs/core/src/consts.rs
+++ b/core/rs/core/src/consts.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ pub const TBL_SCHEMA: &'static str = "crsql_master";
 // 00_05_01_01
 pub const CRSQLITE_VERSION: i32 = 16_01_00;
 pub const CRSQLITE_VERSION_STR: &'static str = "0.16.1";
+pub const CRSQLITE_VERSION_0_15_0: i32 = 15_00_00;
+
 pub const SITE_ID_LEN: i32 = 16;
 pub const ROWID_SLAB_SIZE: i64 = 10000000000000;
 // db version is a signed 64bit int since sqlite doesn't support saving and
diff --git a/core/rs/core/src/sha.rs b/core/rs/core/src/sha.rs
index 496cb4cc..de37ffb7 100644
--- a/core/rs/core/src/sha.rs
+++ b/core/rs/core/src/sha.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // The sha of the commit that this version of crsqlite was built from.
-pub const SHA: &'static str = "3a01980562615001d765eec61e3ed58147a93f93";
+pub const SHA: &'static str = "da2e95270d76818cd487029ad3786e9463fa341b";