diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f65a8897d..f8a66e547e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
             <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15.1</version>
+            <version>3.16.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
-            </plugin>  
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>