diff --git a/core/INSTALL.txt b/core/INSTALL.txt
index 1b2707da826a93d512ef0b157c0ab68e31e7e1b0..0cb34b897908e71e2bc405038396165b14d0ec3a 100644
--- a/core/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/core/INSTALL.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Drupal requires:
   - Percona Server 5.7.8 (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 76616244b718b5f4d9b5d9febd113c3003c230d3..81bdea39bbb4c66ea2448890440071d43d133bf9 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/sqlite/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
  */
 class Tasks extends InstallTasks {
 
+  /**
+   * Minimum required SQLite version.
+   *
+   * Use to build sqlite library with json1 option for JSON datatype support.
+   * @see https://www.sqlite.org/json1.html
+   */
+  const SQLITE_MINIMUM_VERSION = '3.26';
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@ public function name() {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function minimumVersion() {
-    return '3.7.11';
+    return static::SQLITE_MINIMUM_VERSION;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/BuildTests/Framework/Tests/HtRouterTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/BuildTests/Framework/Tests/HtRouterTest.php
index f356fe8f6914ec21e2621063021f7f86e1424bca..c96a0f194744676e48fd2b99a0a6f8dd63367c16 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/BuildTests/Framework/Tests/HtRouterTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/BuildTests/Framework/Tests/HtRouterTest.php
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 namespace Drupal\BuildTests\Framework\Tests;
 
 use Drupal\BuildTests\QuickStart\QuickStartTestBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\sqlite\Install\Tasks;
 
 /**
  * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\BuildTests\Framework\BuildTestBase
  * @group Build
+ * @requires extension pdo_sqlite
  */
 class HtRouterTest extends QuickStartTestBase {
 
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ class HtRouterTest extends QuickStartTestBase {
    * @covers ::instantiateServer
    */
   public function testHtRouter() {
+    if (version_compare(\SQLite3::version()['versionString'], Tasks::SQLITE_MINIMUM_VERSION) < 0) {
+      $this->markTestSkipped();
+    }
+
     $this->copyCodebase();
     $this->executeCommand('COMPOSER_DISCARD_CHANGES=true composer install --no-dev --no-interaction');
     $this->assertErrorOutputContains('Generating autoload files');
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Command/QuickStartTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Command/QuickStartTest.php
index 9ba14675dd84dd62683d03e9c89b954da45fb484..bc219a41d9ed4611a1be65efa058e2d77fcb6a36 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Command/QuickStartTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Command/QuickStartTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Command;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\sqlite\Install\Tasks;
 use Drupal\Core\Test\TestDatabase;
 use Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
  *
  * @runTestsInSeparateProcesses
  * @preserveGlobalState disabled
+ * @requires extension pdo_sqlite
  *
  * @group Command
  */
@@ -87,6 +89,9 @@ public function testQuickStartCommand() {
     if (version_compare(phpversion(), DRUPAL_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_PHP) < 0) {
       $this->markTestSkipped();
     }
+    if (version_compare(\SQLite3::version()['versionString'], Tasks::SQLITE_MINIMUM_VERSION) < 0) {
+      $this->markTestSkipped();
+    }
 
     // Install a site using the standard profile to ensure the one time login
     // link generation works.
@@ -177,6 +182,9 @@ public function testQuickStartInstallAndServerCommands() {
     if (version_compare(phpversion(), DRUPAL_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_PHP) < 0) {
       $this->markTestSkipped();
     }
+    if (version_compare(\SQLite3::version()['versionString'], Tasks::SQLITE_MINIMUM_VERSION) < 0) {
+      $this->markTestSkipped();
+    }
 
     // Install a site.
     $install_command = [