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how to force python to use recent sqlite3 version
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It is intriguing that you are using Python 2.7, which has been at end-of-life for many months and reached [End of support](https://www.python.org/downloads/) 4 months ago, yet wish to use a modern version of SQLite with it.

That said, I doubt official Python 2.7 builds are going to be appearing at all, let alone with updated libraries.  But it is open source; you can build it yourself and its libraries (which I think are all open source.) I'm sure you could find the SQLite adapter code for Python 2.7 and build just that, if you were sufficiently motivated.

Another option would be to migrate to Python 3. It's not particularly difficult, as it mainly involves leaving behind some crufty constructs that were not as orthogonal or Pythonic as would suit those who developed that creed. It might be easier than fighting the drawn-out demise of Python 2.

You might also consider using [Roger Binn's ASPW library](https://rogerbinns.github.io/apsw/download.html). He appears to be still making it for older Python versions, using quite modern SQLite versions.