diff --git a/PC/VS9.0/pyproject.vsprops b/PC/VS9.0/pyproject.vsprops
index 20fbcd88110..f2fb3601deb 100644
--- a/PC/VS9.0/pyproject.vsprops
+++ b/PC/VS9.0/pyproject.vsprops
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	/>
 	<UserMacro
 		Name="sqlite3Dir"
-		Value="$(externalsDir)\sqlite-3.7.4"
+		Value="$(externalsDir)\sqlite-3.7.12"
 	/>
 	<UserMacro
 		Name="bz2Dir"
diff --git a/PCbuild/pyproject.props b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
index fb4efbb106b..fbeb5ae8124 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pyproject.props
+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <PyDllName>python33</PyDllName>
     <PythonExe>$(SolutionDir)\python.exe</PythonExe>
     <externalsDir>..\..</externalsDir>
-    <sqlite3Dir>$(externalsDir)\sqlite-3.7.4</sqlite3Dir>
+    <sqlite3Dir>$(externalsDir)\sqlite-3.7.12</sqlite3Dir>
     <bz2Dir>$(externalsDir)\bzip2-1.0.6</bz2Dir>
     <lzmaDir>$(externalsDir)\xz-5.0.3</lzmaDir>
     <opensslDir>$(externalsDir)\openssl-1.0.0a</opensslDir>
diff --git a/Tools/buildbot/external-common.bat b/Tools/buildbot/external-common.bat
index 8028db881ae..96e98f1e33e 100644
--- a/Tools/buildbot/external-common.bat
+++ b/Tools/buildbot/external-common.bat
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cd ..
 @rem if exist tk-8.4.18.1 rd /s/q tk-8.4.18.1
 @rem if exist db-4.4.20 rd /s/q db-4.4.20
 @rem if exist openssl-1.0.0a rd /s/q openssl-1.0.0a
-@rem if exist sqlite-3.7.4 rd /s/q sqlite-3.7.4    
+@rem if exist sqlite-3.7.12 rd /s/q sqlite-3.7.12    
 
 @rem bzip
 if not exist bzip2-1.0.6 (
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ if not exist tcl-8.5.11.0 (
 if not exist tk-8.5.11.0 svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk-8.5.11.0
 
 @rem sqlite3
-if not exist sqlite-3.7.4 (
-  rd /s/q sqlite-source-3.6.21
-  svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/sqlite-3.7.4
+if not exist sqlite-3.7.12 (
+  rd /s/q sqlite-source-3.7.4
+  svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/sqlite-3.7.12
 )
 
 @rem lzma