diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-05-05-06-27-59.bpo-46907.IW-uvT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-05-05-06-27-59.bpo-46907.IW-uvT.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..420fbd210ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-05-05-06-27-59.bpo-46907.IW-uvT.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update Windows installer to use SQLite 3.38.4.
diff --git a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
index 4241baadec4..d2934451798 100644
--- a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
+++ b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ set libraries=
 set libraries=%libraries%                                       bzip2-1.0.8
 if NOT "%IncludeLibffiSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries%  libffi-3.4.2
 if NOT "%IncludeSSLSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries%     openssl-1.1.1n
-set libraries=%libraries%                                       sqlite-3.38.3.0
+set libraries=%libraries%                                       sqlite-3.38.4.0
 if NOT "%IncludeTkinterSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tcl-core-8.6.12.1
 if NOT "%IncludeTkinterSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tk-8.6.12.1
 if NOT "%IncludeTkinterSrc%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tix-8.4.3.6
diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
index e50fdc0aa61..7f10e7c45ef 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python.props
+++ b/PCbuild/python.props
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <ExternalsDir>$(EXTERNALS_DIR)</ExternalsDir>
     <ExternalsDir Condition="$(ExternalsDir) == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath(`$(PySourcePath)externals`))</ExternalsDir>
     <ExternalsDir Condition="!HasTrailingSlash($(ExternalsDir))">$(ExternalsDir)\</ExternalsDir>
-    <sqlite3Dir>$(ExternalsDir)sqlite-3.38.3.0\</sqlite3Dir>
+    <sqlite3Dir>$(ExternalsDir)sqlite-3.38.4.0\</sqlite3Dir>
     <bz2Dir>$(ExternalsDir)bzip2-1.0.8\</bz2Dir>
     <lzmaDir>$(ExternalsDir)xz-5.2.5\</lzmaDir>
     <libffiDir>$(ExternalsDir)libffi-3.4.2\</libffiDir>
diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index da8947c938b..2c820e54c2c 100644
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ _ssl
     again when building.
 
 _sqlite3
-    Wraps SQLite 3.38.3, which is itself built by sqlite3.vcxproj
+    Wraps SQLite 3.38.4, which is itself built by sqlite3.vcxproj
     Homepage:
         http://www.sqlite.org/
 _tkinter