diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad1504be..36eaf167 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ See the website for more installation guides and troubleshooting help. → [h
 
 ### Platform support
 
-- PHP 8.5 (with SQLite 3.34.0+)
+- PHP 8.5 (with SQLite 3.40+)
   - Required PHP extensions: `fileinfo`, `pdo_sqlite`, `gd`, `ctype`, `intl`, `zlib`, `mbstring`
 - Recent Firefox, Chrome or Edge
 
diff --git a/changelog/81_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md b/changelog/81_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
index 8f132b7e..af828d25 100644
--- a/changelog/81_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
+++ b/changelog/81_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-> 💡 PHP 8.5 is from now on supported.
->
-> ⚠️ PHP 8.2 and 8.3 are no longer supported.
+> ⚠️ PHP 8.5 (with SQLite 3.40+) is from now on the only supported runtime version.
 
 ### New Feature: xxxx
 
diff --git a/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php b/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
index 82b09988..dbc9c138 100644
--- a/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
+++ b/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const REQUIRED_PHP_EXTENSIONS = ['fileinfo', 'pdo_sqlite', 'gd', 'ctype', 'intl'
 ];
 
 const REQUIRED_PHP_VERSION = '8.5.0';
-const REQUIRED_SQLITE_VERSION = '3.34.0';
+const REQUIRED_SQLITE_VERSION = '3.40.0';
 
 class PrerequisiteChecker
 {