diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 792a87e9..68204aa0 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:jFoUbaCDNUS1KN5ZgFxN7bgcWoWfO0EOKeik9QAHZ08=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.10.2/go.mod h1:8aGu9/G8lLZbvO6TXA0FXTP2liIefFmbpeXuhG4nJLw=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0 h1:LUYupSeNrTNCGzR/hVBk2NHZO4hXcVaW1k4Qx7rjPx8=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0 h1:BOw41kyTf3PuCW1pVQf8+Cyg8pMlkYB1oo9iJ6D/lKM=
diff --git a/gormlite/README.md b/gormlite/README.md
index 768a5b40..d4943a9b 100644
--- a/gormlite/README.md
+++ b/gormlite/README.md
@@ -14,13 +14,4 @@ import (
 db, err := gorm.Open(gormlite.Open("gorm.db"), &gorm.Config{})
 ```
 
-Checkout [https://gorm.io](https://gorm.io) for details.
-
-### Foreign-key constraint activation
-
-Foreign-key constraint is disabled by default in SQLite. To activate it, use connection URL parameter:
-```go
-db, err := gorm.Open(gormlite.Open(
-	"file:gorm.db?_pragma=busy_timeout(10000)&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)"),
-	&gorm.Config{})
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+Checkout [https://gorm.io](https://gorm.io) for details.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gormlite/go.mod b/gormlite/go.mod
index 22743fd0..ce6edadd 100644
--- a/gormlite/go.mod
+++ b/gormlite/go.mod
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ module github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/gormlite
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.9.1
+	github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.10.2
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.25.5
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 // indirect
-	github.com/ncruces/julianday v0.1.5 // indirect
+	github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.5.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/gormlite/go.sum b/gormlite/go.sum
index e5fff6ea..cd925a35 100644
--- a/gormlite/go.sum
+++ b/gormlite/go.sum
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 h1:/o9tlHleP7gOFmsnYNz3RGnqzefHA47wQpKrrdTIwXQ=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
-github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.9.1 h1:kV7Zy+ZNyHMfMyZeWc1Yyq+wtgYZDZdp2qAA/wfeMWo=
-github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:jFoUbaCDNUS1KN5ZgFxN7bgcWoWfO0EOKeik9QAHZ08=
-github.com/ncruces/julianday v0.1.5 h1:hDJ9ejiMp3DHsoZ5KW4c1lwfMjbARS7u/gbYcd0FBZk=
-github.com/ncruces/julianday v0.1.5/go.mod h1:Dusn2KvZrrovOMJuOt0TNXL6tB7U2E8kvza5fFc9G7g=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.10.2 h1:TBAhgQFU4rRyqeH1xKrvgAPmflZt0QEjDEJtETIo4vs=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.10.2/go.mod h1:8aGu9/G8lLZbvO6TXA0FXTP2liIefFmbpeXuhG4nJLw=
+github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 h1:fH0OKwa7NWvniGQtxdJRxAgkBMolni2BjDHaWTxqt7M=
+github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Dusn2KvZrrovOMJuOt0TNXL6tB7U2E8kvza5fFc9G7g=
 github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.5.0 h1:Yz3fZHivfDiZFUXnWMPUoiW7s8tC1sjdBtlJn08qYa0=
 github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.5.0/go.mod h1:0U0G41+ochRKoPKCJlh0jMg1CHkyfK8kDqiirMmKY8A=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 h1:ablQoSUd0tRdKxZewP80B+BaqeKJuVhuRxj/dkrun3k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 h1:Vz7Qs629MkJkGyHxUlRHizWJRG2j8fbQKjELVSNhy7Q=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.25.5 h1:zR9lOiiYf09VNh5Q1gphfyia1JpiClIWG9hQaxB/mls=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.25.5/go.mod h1:hbnx/Oo0ChWMn1BIhpy1oYozzpM15i4YPuHDmfYtwg8=
diff --git a/gormlite/sqlite.go b/gormlite/sqlite.go
index db1eb3c4..99c7f43d 100644
--- a/gormlite/sqlite.go
+++ b/gormlite/sqlite.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"gorm.io/gorm/migrator"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/schema"
 
+	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/driver"
 )
 
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ func (dialector _Dialector) Initialize(db *gorm.DB) (err error) {
 	if dialector.Conn != nil {
 		db.ConnPool = dialector.Conn
 	} else {
-		conn, err := driver.Open(dialector.DSN, nil)
+		conn, err := driver.Open(dialector.DSN, func(c *sqlite3.Conn) error {
+			return c.Exec("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON")
+		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/gormlite/tests.patch b/gormlite/tests.patch
index 01269e39..fbfac710 100644
--- a/gormlite/tests.patch
+++ b/gormlite/tests.patch
@@ -20,12 +20,3 @@ diff --git a/tests/tests_test.go b/tests/tests_test.go
  	"gorm.io/driver/sqlserver"
  	"gorm.io/gorm"
  	"gorm.io/gorm/logger"
-@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ func OpenTestConnection(cfg *gorm.Config) (db *gorm.DB, err error) {
- 		db, err = gorm.Open(mysql.Open(dbDSN), cfg)
- 	default:
- 		log.Println("testing sqlite3...")
--		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "gorm.db?_foreign_keys=on")), cfg)
-+		db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open("file:"+filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "gorm.db")+"?_pragma=busy_timeout(1000)&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)"), cfg)
- 	}
- 
- 	if err != nil {