diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 821f891b70..0f43fc4924 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2956,7 +2956,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libsql-ffi"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "cc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4061e1c9cc..8107228ee2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
+libsql-ffi = { path = "libsql-ffi", version = "0.9.0" }
 libsql-sys = { path = "libsql-sys", version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
 libsql-hrana = { path = "libsql-hrana", version = "0.9.0" }
 libsql_replication = { path = "libsql-replication", version = "0.9.0" }
diff --git a/libsql-ffi/Cargo.toml b/libsql-ffi/Cargo.toml
index ad1607913a..52d4a633ae 100644
--- a/libsql-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libsql-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 [package]
 name = "libsql-ffi"
-version = "0.5.0"
-edition = "2021"
-build = "build.rs"
-license = "MIT"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
 description = "Native bindings to libSQL"
-repository = "https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql"
+build = "build.rs"
 exclude = ["bundled/SQLite3MultipleCiphers/build", "bundled/SQLite3MultipleCiphers/test"]
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
diff --git a/libsql-ffi/bundled/src/sqlite3.c b/libsql-ffi/bundled/src/sqlite3.c
index bc401c4123..7c73a90a0a 100644
--- a/libsql-ffi/bundled/src/sqlite3.c
+++ b/libsql-ffi/bundled/src/sqlite3.c
@@ -65356,18 +65356,25 @@ SQLITE_PRIVATE int sqlite3PagerWalInsert(Pager *pPager, unsigned int iFrame, voi
   }
   if (iFrame <= mxFrame) {
     unsigned long frame_len = nBuf-24;
-    unsigned char current[frame_len];
+    unsigned char *current;
+
+    current = (unsigned char *)sqlite3MallocZero(frame_len);
+    if (current == NULL) {
+      return SQLITE_NOMEM;
+    }
     rc = pPager->wal->methods.xReadFrame(pPager->wal->pData, iFrame, frame_len, current);
     if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
+      sqlite3_free(current);
       return rc;
     }
     int conflict = 0;
-    if (memcmp(pBuf+24, current, frame_len) != 0) {
+    if (memcmp((unsigned char*)pBuf+24, current, frame_len) != 0) {
       conflict = 1;
     }
     if (pConflict) {
       *pConflict = conflict;
     }
+    sqlite3_free(current);
     if (conflict) {
       return SQLITE_ERROR;
     }
diff --git a/libsql-sqlite3/src/pager.c b/libsql-sqlite3/src/pager.c
index 027aabc295..5a2278b616 100644
--- a/libsql-sqlite3/src/pager.c
+++ b/libsql-sqlite3/src/pager.c
@@ -7842,18 +7842,25 @@ int sqlite3PagerWalInsert(Pager *pPager, unsigned int iFrame, void *pBuf, unsign
   }
   if (iFrame <= mxFrame) {
     unsigned long frame_len = nBuf-24;
-    unsigned char current[frame_len];
+    unsigned char *current;
+
+    current = (unsigned char *)sqlite3MallocZero(frame_len);
+    if (current == NULL) {
+      return SQLITE_NOMEM;
+    }
     rc = pPager->wal->methods.xReadFrame(pPager->wal->pData, iFrame, frame_len, current);
     if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
+      sqlite3_free(current);
       return rc;
     }
     int conflict = 0;
-    if (memcmp(pBuf+24, current, frame_len) != 0) {
+    if (memcmp((unsigned char*)pBuf+24, current, frame_len) != 0) {
       conflict = 1;
     }
     if (pConflict) {
       *pConflict = conflict;
     }
+    sqlite3_free(current);
     if (conflict) {
       return SQLITE_ERROR;
     }
diff --git a/libsql-sys/Cargo.toml b/libsql-sys/Cargo.toml
index 51e6c914a2..69839292d2 100644
--- a/libsql-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libsql-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ categories = ["external-ffi-bindings"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1.5.0"
-libsql-ffi = { version = "0.5", path = "../libsql-ffi/" }
+libsql-ffi = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 rusqlite = { workspace = true, features = ["trace"], optional = true }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
diff --git a/vendored/rusqlite/Cargo.toml b/vendored/rusqlite/Cargo.toml
index 97a6da652e..53f7f3dae8 100644
--- a/vendored/rusqlite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vendored/rusqlite/Cargo.toml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ fallible-iterator = "0.2"
 fallible-streaming-iterator = "0.1"
 uuid = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 smallvec = "1.6.1"
-libsql-ffi = { version = "0.5", path = "../../libsql-ffi" }
+libsql-ffi = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 doc-comment = "0.3"