diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 902ca15..d73c3cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ panic = "abort"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 argon2 = "0.5.3"
-# upgrading axum is not possible right now because of blocking fastwebsockets
 axum = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["http2", "tokio"] }
 axum-extra = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["cookie"] }
 axum-server = { version = "0.7.1", features = [
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = [
     "rustls-tls",
 ] }
 rocksdb = { version = "0.23.0", default-features = true, features = ["snappy"] }
-rusqlite = { version = "0.32.1", features = [
+rusqlite = { version = "0.33", features = [
     "backup",
     "bundled",
     "chrono",
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ rust-embed = { version = "8.5.0", features = [] }
 rustls = { version = "0.23.12", features = ["ring"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.114", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.57"
-serde_rusqlite = "0.36.0"
+serde_rusqlite = "0.37.0"
 sha2 = { version = "0.10.8", features = [] }
 spow = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["server"] }
 strum = { version = "0.26.3", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/hiqlite/src/store/state_machine/sqlite/writer.rs b/hiqlite/src/store/state_machine/sqlite/writer.rs
index 4da455d..53b4a63 100644
--- a/hiqlite/src/store/state_machine/sqlite/writer.rs
+++ b/hiqlite/src/store/state_machine/sqlite/writer.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use flume::RecvError;
 use openraft::{LogId, SnapshotMeta, StorageError, StorageIOError, StoredMembership};
 use rusqlite::backup::Progress;
+use rusqlite::fallible_iterator::FallibleIterator;
 use rusqlite::{Batch, DatabaseName, Transaction};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::default::Default;
@@ -380,8 +381,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS _metadata
                                 }
                                 Ok(None) => break,
                                 Err(e) => {
-                                    // The `Batch` iterator can't recover from errors
-                                    // -> exit early and do not commit the txn
                                     err = Some(Error::Sqlite(e.to_string().into()));
                                     break;
                                 }