diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41da6f3b..f662f2de 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # dependencies
 
-SQLITE_AMALGAMATION = sqlite-amalgamation-3430100
+SQLITE_AMALGAMATION = sqlite-amalgamation-3440000
 SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_ZIP_URL = https://www.sqlite.org/2023/${SQLITE_AMALGAMATION}.zip
-SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_ZIP_SHA3 = 2110f85a90033016f5b5691812448e8dfa606fe407f4b2ebfec66dda2968fe3c
+SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_ZIP_SHA3 = 91b5884ad3dd634f84a0096751d6c36812542e1e0042ad7b2ba059e639921d7e
 
 EXTENSION_FUNCTIONS = extension-functions.c
 EXTENSION_FUNCTIONS_URL = https://www.sqlite.org/contrib/download/extension-functions.c?get=25
diff --git a/demo/file/service-worker.js b/demo/file/service-worker.js
index 7fce9491..18496d0a 100644
--- a/demo/file/service-worker.js
+++ b/demo/file/service-worker.js
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ class DatabaseSource {
 
 async function check(code) {
   if (await code !== VFS.SQLITE_OK) {
-    throw new Error(`Error code: ${code}`);
+    throw new Error(`Error code: ${await code}`);
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/wa-sqlite-async.wasm b/dist/wa-sqlite-async.wasm
index 942f178c..3661be61 100755
Binary files a/dist/wa-sqlite-async.wasm and b/dist/wa-sqlite-async.wasm differ
diff --git a/dist/wa-sqlite.wasm b/dist/wa-sqlite.wasm
index d96754c4..67dee05c 100755
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3336c727..05f2912f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "wa-sqlite",
-  "version": "0.9.8",
+  "version": "0.9.9",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/sqlite-api.js",
   "types": "src/types/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/test/sqlite-api.test.js b/test/sqlite-api.test.js
index ab2a6359..d344898c 100644
--- a/test/sqlite-api.test.js
+++ b/test/sqlite-api.test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getSQLite, getSQLiteAsync } from './api-instances.js';
 import * as SQLite from '../src/sqlite-api.js';
 import sinon from '../.yarn/unplugged/sinon-npm-15.0.1-115ae39e4c/node_modules/sinon/pkg/sinon-esm.js';
 
-const LIBVERSION = '3.43.1';
+const LIBVERSION = '3.44.0';
 const LIBVERSION_NUMBER = (function() {
   const version = LIBVERSION.split('.');
   return parseInt(version[0] + version[1].padStart(3, '0') + version[2].padStart(3, '0'));