diff --git a/opencodelists/settings.py b/opencodelists/settings.py
index 7cd56462..012b5a10 100644
--- a/opencodelists/settings.py
+++ b/opencodelists/settings.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 
 # Patch sqlite3 to ensure recent version
-__import__("pysqlite3")
-sys.modules["sqlite3"] = sys.modules.pop("pysqlite3")
+__import__("sqlean")
+sys.modules["sqlite3"] = sys.modules.pop("sqlean")
 
 
 # Read env file/vars
diff --git a/requirements.prod.in b/requirements.prod.in
index 7bfca3bc..4001daf5 100644
--- a/requirements.prod.in
+++ b/requirements.prod.in
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ openpyxl
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-django
 opentelemetry-sdk
-pysqlite3-binary
 whitenoise
 sentry-sdk
+sqlean.py
 structlog
 tqdm
diff --git a/requirements.prod.txt b/requirements.prod.txt
index c64939ef..43420dd6 100644
--- a/requirements.prod.txt
+++ b/requirements.prod.txt
@@ -547,14 +547,6 @@ pycparser==2.21 \
     --hash=sha256:8ee45429555515e1f6b185e78100aea234072576aa43ab53aefcae078162fca9 \
     --hash=sha256:e644fdec12f7872f86c58ff790da456218b10f863970249516d60a5eaca77206
     # via cffi
-pysqlite3-binary==0.5.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:102e17ad76878ac8ec4686104b57cd0115a3ba6b82e46625165ff28074a2374e \
-    --hash=sha256:1991c12f98771f6446f06161e68878375e6a4abc341a0783bd329eb3dfe0e6eb \
-    --hash=sha256:41c17f30a68c1fe87aef88402f9e5ededf1cb319089705fdf2f8fdeeb91f79d1 \
-    --hash=sha256:4a22cf616b5367b683054f114b5fe6dece302cf12a04730332a310f335a38441 \
-    --hash=sha256:4d1089b986db9b5abe13813a0edd7eb5f693612641ff99e40afc0afed2633b14 \
-    --hash=sha256:d038101b39da76c20218af0e625213d7ac4ed00fbac02748878e28551f065cce
-    # via -r requirements.prod.in
 python-dotenv==1.0.0 \
     --hash=sha256:a8df96034aae6d2d50a4ebe8216326c61c3eb64836776504fcca410e5937a3ba \
     --hash=sha256:f5971a9226b701070a4bf2c38c89e5a3f0d64de8debda981d1db98583009122a
@@ -580,6 +572,38 @@ six==1.16.0 \
     #   bleach
     #   furl
     #   orderedmultidict
+sqlean-py==3.45.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:0f1283db3c1393dee2b1e7eeb5a754c4d8a56e4418296379f09cd44c61bea801 \
+    --hash=sha256:25b11e30fb63da8c2d688ef5eb2b6ed73aee5e9b1e94fe8528a252ca1840cd1c \
+    --hash=sha256:26471ceaa36e4c477956f6a004d8376e948fdd4603dba606660ec64216630d7e \
+    --hash=sha256:274423f82c6cc1358bf89944019746aa38fe9bf65b3added1cd81a474e61f90d \
+    --hash=sha256:478f25a2663c16c08232adcef1cf7745cca0c74eff2e84bf15fd94b05c12482f \
+    --hash=sha256:484a83fe472e8eac2b3b81889ebcee547cda2a8efcfbd54d7ae007c208297f61 \
+    --hash=sha256:4cffdde58a2ee64fc3507044366f559ae7d1d9349d234054661ee9af89a99b75 \
+    --hash=sha256:52b113c172e7b43e0e784e610b1186c6fff811f5c58c1ec9ba51e15de9eb7b9b \
+    --hash=sha256:52f6c77ccceff2a702372bd3ebd38094f2c2eb60210f4ada50100f2e665545a9 \
+    --hash=sha256:655ad50cac324cd2395c9b34e9d29981a5da5a61782bca2d8e2d3319094fc6bf \
+    --hash=sha256:78bcaba0c135172357b2be83733247e37cdeb67ca1d045e42a02a34d4451be63 \
+    --hash=sha256:7e21b09303170135a7476f2a696445d6f01f223e454c33afd47a5caa3e079179 \
+    --hash=sha256:83365878c0fd0d07f3db8119a690206a0b177cc36282316731c000f85905d2ec \
+    --hash=sha256:8b173d363bf83c8fe3cd3d40b6b52164b97ddedab9d3ba90e2863f78e58501af \
+    --hash=sha256:8c986852bbae5a67ccec4fe8ef20967d8ed50839670d8f2b32f999621dfedc97 \
+    --hash=sha256:8fe56490a7e448dddeed7ac648f9575066ebf0919d52d59a03f38e98b30bfe87 \
+    --hash=sha256:9171fbcacb9d533d1b3feea793df21e8cbaddc75023fb87c99279a75f80abd8b \
+    --hash=sha256:976088939ba54003f1803b0b22d9a92f000b7b8c2f3ba6260fa9df9e2fc0b41e \
+    --hash=sha256:9b46e8c1889db6aefd79696cc9801c7b41969cf4ddf91dc6b4e203430b625452 \
+    --hash=sha256:a5a94be979fdbeb231db28e4ffdcc1924c8b806979729eadb71f9dd356aabd70 \
+    --hash=sha256:a667af4a37089e2819019526bcb0757c7ebb08f5579118b6eaba3a5c4f9b2f38 \
+    --hash=sha256:a9afdb298336f7929d9e3a96eed2b6e5c9978d5a408aeaa6a1052b8d31c47a5d \
+    --hash=sha256:aaffe871288445cdb610652194ce808ac6f12624ea70604779dde32e05bd83cf \
+    --hash=sha256:ae964bd5398452f0315c40a2bc32a347d63f10654e1f5cbe69dae7b48fa0a0e2 \
+    --hash=sha256:af028964ed19e3bc44bf0064160cb849febb86bc217a65f8971af5596d4d8b73 \
+    --hash=sha256:c3c93b2391c048949f853115e3b77ce2d0e4963d90cd0549600ac22bf9ae4bb8 \
+    --hash=sha256:cdb37523f91d07169996684066bf579e08787a9796288fa1adea21c1745935cf \
+    --hash=sha256:d43e5729a8e4376194bd620c4c30686f7e110328fc1bf7bf9b157d3aef6e1278 \
+    --hash=sha256:e632d84be7ee6a37152e00b28dea47dea23bddd81feda1ef29a326c746e3861c \
+    --hash=sha256:f9bac784ae505a4e51d5c673f1bd6a84a0db032e6f8520c5d1b48893020d208d
+    # via -r requirements.prod.in
 sqlparse==0.4.4 \
     --hash=sha256:5430a4fe2ac7d0f93e66f1efc6e1338a41884b7ddf2a350cedd20ccc4d9d28f3 \
     --hash=sha256:d446183e84b8349fa3061f0fe7f06ca94ba65b426946ffebe6e3e8295332420c