diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
index ec4cc458c4b5..eb4d975a6e01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sqlite${lib.optionalString interactive "-interactive"}";
-  version = "3.43.2";
+  version = "3.44.2";
 
   # nixpkgs-update: no auto update
   # NB! Make sure to update ./tools.nix src (in the same directory).
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://sqlite.org/2023/sqlite-autoconf-${archiveVersion version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-bUIrb2LE3iyoDWGGDjo/tpNVTS91uxqsp0PMxNb2CfA=";
+    hash = "sha256-HGcZoUi8Qc8PK7vjkm184/XKCdh48SRvzCB2exdbtAc=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/tools.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/tools.nix
index 6028c638a7ec..dd092dd0f043 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/tools.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ let
   archiveVersion = import ./archive-version.nix lib;
   mkTool = { pname, makeTarget, description, homepage, mainProgram }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit pname;
-    version = "3.43.2";
+    version = "3.44.2";
 
     # nixpkgs-update: no auto update
     src = assert version == sqlite.version; fetchurl {
       url = "https://sqlite.org/2023/sqlite-src-${archiveVersion version}.zip";
-      hash = "sha256-62ZRUj9XpccPJC/Ba8QWuB7QLVkmOb+34JnyAeL5otM=";
+      hash = "sha256-cxh0c/63RQk1fo+my5/WcVOy0BDQCusv3bbO6xirryc=";
     };
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index cda91b8c627b..cb31f566b4dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -609,7 +609,21 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           # The `sqlite3_bind_bug68849.phpt` test is currently broken for i686 Linux systems since sqlite 3.43, cf.:
           # - https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/12076
           # - https://www.sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/abbb95376ec6cd5f
-          patches = lib.optional (stdenv.isi686 && stdenv.isLinux) ../development/interpreters/php/skip-sqlite3_bind_bug68849.phpt.patch;
+          patches = lib.optionals (stdenv.isi686 && stdenv.isLinux) [
+            ../development/interpreters/php/skip-sqlite3_bind_bug68849.phpt.patch
+          ] ++ lib.optionals (!(lib.versionAtLeast php.version "8.3")) [
+            # Fix failing "sqlite3_defensive.phpt" test caused by
+            # sqlite-3.44.0 compatibility:
+            #   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/264927#issuecomment-1830827387
+            # The patch is already backported to php-8.3.0. Older versions are pending
+            # the backport.
+            (fetchpatch {
+              name = "sqlite-3.44.0.patch";
+              url = "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/2a4775d6a73e9f6d4fc8e7df6f052aa18790a8e9.patch";
+              hash = "sha256-2VNfURGZmIEXtoLxOLX5wec9mqNGEWPY3ofCMw4E7S0=";
+              excludes = [ "NEWS" ];
+            })
+          ];
         }
         { name = "sysvmsg"; }
         { name = "sysvsem"; }