diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-01-08-12-43-31.bpo-45925.38F3NO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-01-08-12-43-31.bpo-45925.38F3NO.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e802912bfcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-01-08-12-43-31.bpo-45925.38F3NO.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update Windows installer to use SQLite 3.37.2.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
index 7126d8afd00..5b0fe640eb8 100644
--- a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
+++ b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ set libraries=
set libraries=%libraries% bzip2-1.0.6
if NOT "%IncludeLibffiSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% libffi-3.4.2
if NOT "%IncludeSSLSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% openssl-1.1.1m
-set libraries=%libraries% sqlite-3.36.0.0
+set libraries=%libraries% sqlite-3.37.2.0
if NOT "%IncludeTkinterSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tcl-core-8.6.12.0
if NOT "%IncludeTkinterSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tk-8.6.12.0
if NOT "%IncludeTkinterSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tix-8.4.3.6
diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
index 70827883f48..c614c151c90 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python.props
+++ b/PCbuild/python.props
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
$(EXTERNALS_DIR)
$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath(`$(PySourcePath)externals`))
$(ExternalsDir)\
- $(ExternalsDir)sqlite-3.36.0.0\
+ $(ExternalsDir)sqlite-3.37.2.0\
$(ExternalsDir)bzip2-1.0.6\
$(ExternalsDir)xz-5.2.2\
$(ExternalsDir)libffi-3.4.2\
diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index 26b42a80320..9f5a513445d 100644
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ _ssl
again when building.
_sqlite3
- Wraps SQLite 3.36.0, which is itself built by sqlite3.vcxproj
+ Wraps SQLite 3.37.2, which is itself built by sqlite3.vcxproj
Homepage:
http://www.sqlite.org/
_tkinter