diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb3a1154a05..df0f8aaf492 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     native <methods>;
   }
   ```
+- Fix abstract method error in `SentrySupportSQLiteDatabase` ([#4597](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4597))
 
 ## 8.18.0
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d88dd71e208..4379c63d615 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ androidx-lifecycle-common-java8 = { module = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-commo
 androidx-lifecycle-process = { module = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-process", version.ref = "androidxLifecycle" }
 androidx-navigation-runtime = { module = "androidx.navigation:navigation-runtime", version.ref = "androidxNavigation" }
 androidx-navigation-compose = { module = "androidx.navigation:navigation-compose", version.ref = "androidxNavigation" }
-androidx-sqlite = { module = "androidx.sqlite:sqlite", version = "2.3.1" }
+androidx-sqlite = { module = "androidx.sqlite:sqlite", version = "2.5.2" }
 androidx-recyclerview = { module = "androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview", version = "1.2.1" }
 coil-compose = { module = "io.coil-kt:coil-compose", version = "2.6.0" }
 commons-compress = {module = "org.apache.commons:commons-compress", version = "1.25.0"}
diff --git a/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
index 434841f6c31..2c0908bd4fa 100644
--- a/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
@@ -54,7 +54,14 @@ android {
   }
 }
 
-kotlin { explicitApi() }
+kotlin {
+  explicitApi()
+  compilerOptions {
+    // skip metadata version check, as androidx.sqlite:sqlite is compiled against a newer version of
+    // Kotlin
+    freeCompilerArgs.add("-Xskip-metadata-version-check")
+  }
+}
 
 dependencies {
   api(projects.sentry)