diff --git a/crates/teloxide/Cargo.toml b/crates/teloxide/Cargo.toml
index 59c0fdb7..c6914358 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/teloxide/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ serde_with_macros = "1.4"
 aquamarine = "0.1.11"
 either = "1.9.0"
 
-sqlx = { version = "0.6", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
+sqlx = { version = "0.7.3", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "macros",
     "sqlite",
 ] }
diff --git a/crates/teloxide/src/dispatching/dialogue/storage/sqlite_storage.rs b/crates/teloxide/src/dispatching/dialogue/storage/sqlite_storage.rs
index 00974be9..1268f0ab 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide/src/dispatching/dialogue/storage/sqlite_storage.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide/src/dispatching/dialogue/storage/sqlite_storage.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ impl<S> SqliteStorage<S> {
         serializer: S,
     ) -> Result<Arc<Self>, SqliteStorageError<Infallible>> {
         let pool = SqlitePool::connect(format!("sqlite:{path}?mode=rwc").as_str()).await?;
-        let mut conn = pool.acquire().await?;
         sqlx::query(
             "
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS teloxide_dialogues (
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS teloxide_dialogues (
 );
         ",
         )
-        .execute(&mut conn)
+        .execute(&pool)
         .await?;
 
         Ok(Arc::new(Self { pool, serializer }))