--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 # Version range mirrors sqlx-sqlite's so cargo unifies both to a single
 # `links = "sqlite3"` package (one bundled SQLite).
+# Debian: but we somehow made sqlx use libsqlite3-sys 0.38 (was < 0.38).
 [workspace.dependencies.libsqlite3-sys]
-version = ">=0.30.1, <0.38.0"
+version = ">=0.30.1, <0.39.0"
 
 # The profile that 'cargo dist' will build with
