diff --git a/diesel/Cargo.toml b/diesel/Cargo.toml
index 8e1b8225ecf9..5cc59704cdb2 100644
--- a/diesel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/diesel/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ path = "../diesel_derives"
 libsqlite3-sys = { version = ">=0.17.2, <0.31.0", optional = true, features = ["bundled_bindings"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
-sqlite-wasm-rs = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
+sqlite-wasm-rs = { version = ">=0.1.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 cfg-if = "1"
diff --git a/diesel/src/lib.rs b/diesel/src/lib.rs
index 503975e42b56..25ce2aaee0b4 100644
--- a/diesel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/diesel/src/lib.rs
@@ -768,13 +768,17 @@ pub mod prelude {
     #[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]
     #[doc(inline)]
     pub use crate::sqlite::SqliteConnection;
-    // Before using C-API, you must initialize sqlite.
+
+    // These exported APIs from `sqlite-wasm-rs` are stable:
+    //
+    // `async fn init_sqlite()`: before using C-API, you must initialize sqlite, once.
+    //
+    // `fn sqlite()`: get the sqlite instance
     //
-    // Initializing the database is a one-time operation during
-    // the life of the program.
+    // `SQLiteError`: initializing instance and other possible errors
     #[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]
     #[cfg(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown"))]
-    pub use sqlite_wasm_rs::init_sqlite;
+    pub use sqlite_wasm_rs::{init_sqlite, sqlite, SQLiteError};
 }
 
 #[doc(inline)]
diff --git a/diesel_compile_tests/Cargo.lock b/diesel_compile_tests/Cargo.lock
index 0755f6642141..fe6a7c3537f5 100644
--- a/diesel_compile_tests/Cargo.lock
+++ b/diesel_compile_tests/Cargo.lock
@@ -809,9 +809,9 @@ checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlite-wasm-rs"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "087e83af73ac1ca6f08a8b422aed7aab6a72df4801da5ee6f6f59b6b9a70f7d5"
+checksum = "3080f6ef7066796839acf1ca63f8fc487e87722e601226cab8e465e94efe9abc"
 dependencies = [
  "fragile",
  "js-sys",