diff --git a/docker/main/Dockerfile b/docker/main/Dockerfile
index f58e3d5a9..1cf752ed5 100644
--- a/docker/main/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/main/Dockerfile
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 # Use a separate container to build wheels to prevent build dependencies in final image
 RUN apt-get -qq update \
     && apt-get -qq install -y \
-    apt-transport-https wget \
+    apt-transport-https wget unzip \
     && apt-get -qq update \
     && apt-get -qq install -y \
     python3.11 \
diff --git a/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh b/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
index 6375b33fa..c84c6fcf7 100755
--- a/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
+++ b/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
@@ -2,18 +2,25 @@
 
 set -euxo pipefail
 
-SQLITE3_VERSION="96c92aba00c8375bc32fafcdf12429c58bd8aabfcadab6683e35bbb9cdebf19e" # 3.46.0
+SQLITE3_VERSION="3.46.1"
 PYSQLITE3_VERSION="0.5.3"
 
-# Fetch the source code for the latest release of Sqlite.
+# Fetch the pre-built sqlite amalgamation instead of building from source
 if [[ ! -d "sqlite" ]]; then
-  wget https://www.sqlite.org/src/tarball/sqlite.tar.gz?r=${SQLITE3_VERSION} -O sqlite.tar.gz
-  tar xzf sqlite.tar.gz
-  cd sqlite/
-  LIBS="-lm" ./configure --disable-tcl --enable-tempstore=always
-  make sqlite3.c
+  mkdir sqlite
+  cd sqlite
+  
+  # Download the pre-built amalgamation from sqlite.org
+  # For SQLite 3.46.1, the amalgamation version is 3460100
+  SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_VERSION="3460100"
+  
+  wget https://www.sqlite.org/2024/sqlite-amalgamation-${SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_VERSION}.zip -O sqlite-amalgamation.zip
+  unzip sqlite-amalgamation.zip
+  mv sqlite-amalgamation-${SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_VERSION}/* .
+  rmdir sqlite-amalgamation-${SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_VERSION}
+  rm sqlite-amalgamation.zip
+  
   cd ../
-  rm sqlite.tar.gz
 fi
 
 # Grab the pysqlite3 source code.