diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85f76c23..ae73fbb3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ grocy is technically a pretty simple PHP application, so the basic notes to get
 - The webserver root should point to the `public` directory
 - Include `try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$query_string;` in your location block if you use nginx
   - Or disable URL rewriting (see the option `DISABLE_URL_REWRITING` in `data/config.php`)
-- SQLite 3.8.3 or higher is required and everything is currently only tested against PHP 7.4
+- Based on user reports, the minmimum required/working runtime is PHP 7.2 with SQLite 3.9.0
+  - However, I don't care about supporting old stuff, currently everything is only tested against (means 100 % works with) PHP 7.4 with SQLite 3.27.2
 - → Default login is user `admin` with password `admin`, please change the password immediately (user menu at the top right corner)
 
 Alternatively clone this repository (the `release` branch always references the latest released version, or checkout the latest tagged revision) and install Composer and Yarn dependencies manually.
diff --git a/changelog/61_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md b/changelog/61_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
index 17da2835..9e086625 100644
--- a/changelog/61_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
+++ b/changelog/61_UNRELEASED_xxxx-xx-xx.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 - Improved the prerequisites checker (added missing required PHP extension `ctype`) (thanks @Forceu)
 - Fixed that browser camera barcode scanning did not work on the product edit page
 - Fixed that the new product option "Never show on stock overview" was unintentionally set by default for new products
+- Fixed a problem (database migration fail) when using SQLite >= 3.8.3 < 3.9.0
+  - _Just as a side note: PHP 7.2 with SQLite 3.8.3 was the currently in README mentioned minimum runtime requirement, any future release will only be tested against PHP 7.4 with SQLite 3.27.2 - supporting those ancient runtime stuff is too time consuming..._
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e907617a..22b5f6fa 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=7.2",
+		"php": ">=7.4",
 		"slim/slim": "^4.0",
 		"slim/psr7": "^1.0",
 		"slim/http": "^1.0",
diff --git a/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php b/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
index cbe0a3a3..7c0b628b 100644
--- a/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
+++ b/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class ERequirementNotMet extends Exception
 }
 
 const REQUIRED_PHP_EXTENSIONS = ['fileinfo', 'pdo_sqlite', 'gd', 'ctype'];
-const REQUIRED_SQLITE_VERSION = '3.8.3';
+const REQUIRED_SQLITE_VERSION = '3.9.0';
 
 class PrerequisiteChecker
 {