diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
index 07ebaf36371c..bfa23d2bd05b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine";
     downloadPage = "https://sqlite.org/download.html";
     homepage = "https://www.sqlite.org/";
-    license = lib.licenses.publicDomain;
+    license = lib.licenses.blessing;
     mainProgram = "sqlite3";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ np ];
     teams = [ lib.teams.security-review ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/tools.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/tools.nix
index dfbcad20cad9..8ff4f5555116 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/tools.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ let
       meta = {
         inherit description homepage mainProgram;
         downloadPage = "http://sqlite.org/download.html";
-        license = lib.licenses.publicDomain;
+        license = lib.licenses.blessing;
         maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ johnazoidberg ];
         platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
       };