diff --git a/core/INSTALL.txt b/core/INSTALL.txt
index 8c399305b75a7ca37bc33b6651ad302d934103df..39384f7e5728f6ec1f8ec1a2ac8965e0e9c7e269 100644
--- a/core/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/core/INSTALL.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Drupal requires:
   - Percona Server 5.5.8 (or greater) (http://www.percona.com/). Percona
     Server is a backwards-compatible replacement for MySQL.
   - PostgreSQL 9.1.2 (or greater) (http://www.postgresql.org/).
-  - SQLite 3.7.11 (or greater) (http://www.sqlite.org/).
+  - SQLite 3.26 (or greater) (http://www.sqlite.org/).
 
 For more detailed information about Drupal requirements, including a list of
 PHP extensions and configurations that are required, see "System requirements"
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php
index 6f868db61d6def2ad2790da11a5c5f9cc78b5b8f..4b61fe364eba97c2c2442f147ed3a7a11c016c7e 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public function name() {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function minimumVersion() {
-    return '3.7.11';
+    return '3.26';
   }
 
   /**