diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c69420a72e..594081d0f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
     "@types/xml2js": "^0.4.8",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.2",
-    "better-sqlite3": "^7.1.2",
+    "better-sqlite3": "^8.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.3.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "class-transformer": "^0.4.0",
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/spanner": "^5.18.0",
     "@sap/hana-client": "^2.12.25",
-    "better-sqlite3": "^7.1.2",
+    "better-sqlite3": "^7.1.2 || ^8.0.0",
     "hdb-pool": "^0.1.6",
     "ioredis": "^5.0.4",
     "mongodb": "^3.6.0",