diff --git a/dbm.cabal b/dbm.cabal
--- a/dbm.cabal
+++ b/dbm.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                dbm
-version:             0.1.1.0
+version:             0.2
 synopsis:            A *simple* database migration tool.
 homepage:            https://github.com/relrod/dbm
 license:             BSD3
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
                      , SQLite
   -- other-extensions:
   build-depends:       base >= 4 && < 5
+                     , direct-sqlite >= 2.3 && < 2.4
                      , directory
                      , ini
                      , optparse-applicative >= 0.12 && < 0.14
diff --git a/src/SQLite.hs b/src/SQLite.hs
--- a/src/SQLite.hs
+++ b/src/SQLite.hs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
 import Database.SQLite.Simple
+import Database.SQLite3 (exec)
 
 import Utility
 
@@ -35,10 +36,12 @@
 
 performMigration :: FilePath -> FilePath -> Integer -> IO ()
 performMigration dbPath sql mid = do
-  conn <- open dbPath
+  conn@(Connection hdl) <- open dbPath
   withTransaction conn $ do
     migrationQuery <- T.readFile sql
-    execute_ conn (Query migrationQuery)
+    -- NOTE! We have to drop to direct-sqlite here and used 'exec' from it
+    -- because of https://github.com/nurpax/sqlite-simple/issues/44
+    exec hdl migrationQuery
     logMigration conn mid
 
 getLastMigration :: FilePath -> IO (Maybe Integer)