diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py b/Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py
index 34a9c047dd607c..ed727fae609d1d 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 """
 The sqlite3 extension module provides a DB-API 2.0 (PEP 249) compliant
-interface to the SQLite library, and requires SQLite 3.7.15 or newer.
+interface to the SQLite library, and requires SQLite 3.15.2 or newer.
 
 To use the module, start by creating a database Connection object: