diff --git a/embed/bcw2/go.mod b/embed/bcw2/go.mod
index 6ea9d7a..bf8b450 100644
--- a/embed/bcw2/go.mod
+++ b/embed/bcw2/go.mod
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ module github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/embed/bcw2
 
 go 1.24.0
 
-require github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.29.0
+require github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ncruces/sort v0.1.5 // indirect
-	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ncruces/sort v0.1.6 // indirect
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/embed/bcw2/go.sum b/embed/bcw2/go.sum
index 5a1a945..4c2a2ab 100644
--- a/embed/bcw2/go.sum
+++ b/embed/bcw2/go.sum
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.29.0 h1:1tsLiagCoqZEfcHDeKsNSv5jvrY/Iu393pAnw2wLNJU=
-github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.29.0/go.mod h1:r1hSvYKPNJ+OlUA1O3r8o9LAawzPAlqeZiIdxTBBBJ0=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0 h1:EcoP5wtm8lRfRGQmOI782t/matUvzpqI3om9rTDngQ8=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:6mcRKUuA9qvAo7PcQU+wwcT2j/qGimg1qXO/pmj8Ryk=
 github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 h1:fH0OKwa7NWvniGQtxdJRxAgkBMolni2BjDHaWTxqt7M=
 github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Dusn2KvZrrovOMJuOt0TNXL6tB7U2E8kvza5fFc9G7g=
-github.com/ncruces/sort v0.1.5 h1:fiFWXXAqKI8QckPf/6hu/bGFwcEPrirIOFaJqWujs4k=
-github.com/ncruces/sort v0.1.5/go.mod h1:obJToO4rYr6VWP0Uw5FYymgYGt3Br4RXcs/JdKaXAPk=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0 h1:IcZ56OuxrtaEz8UYNRHBrUa9bYeX9oVY93KspZZBf/I=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0/go.mod h1:TSbcXCfFP0L2FGkRPxHphadXPjo1T6W+CseNNY7EkjM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0 h1:KVRy2GtZBrk1cBYA7MKu5bEZFxQk4NIDV6RLVcC8o0k=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
-golang.org/x/text v0.29.0 h1:1neNs90w9YzJ9BocxfsQNHKuAT4pkghyXc4nhZ6sJvk=
-golang.org/x/text v0.29.0/go.mod h1:7MhJOA9CD2qZyOKYazxdYMF85OwPdEr9jTtBpO7ydH4=
+github.com/ncruces/sort v0.1.6 h1:TrsJfGRH1AoWoaeB4/+gCohot9+cA6u/INaH5agIhNk=
+github.com/ncruces/sort v0.1.6/go.mod h1:obJToO4rYr6VWP0Uw5FYymgYGt3Br4RXcs/JdKaXAPk=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0 h1:CXP3zneLDl6J4Zy8N/J+d5JsWKfrjE6GtvVK1fpnDlk=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0/go.mod h1:DRm5twOQ5Gr1AoEdSi0CLjDQF1J9ZAuyqFIjl1KKfQU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 h1:yznKA/E9zq54KzlzBEAWn1NXSQ8DIp/NYMy88xJjl4k=
+golang.org/x/text v0.30.0/go.mod h1:yDdHFIX9t+tORqspjENWgzaCVXgk0yYnYuSZ8UzzBVM=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e57dbeb..d1b83ce 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0
 	github.com/ncruces/sort v0.1.6
 	github.com/ncruces/wbt v0.2.0
-	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 010a43a..5b27dc9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ github.com/ncruces/wbt v0.2.0 h1:Q9zlKOBSZc7Yy/R2cGa35g6RKUUE3BjNIW3tfGC4F04=
 github.com/ncruces/wbt v0.2.0/go.mod h1:DtF92amvMxH69EmBFUSFWRDAlo6hOEfoNQnClxj9C/c=
 github.com/psanford/httpreadat v0.1.0 h1:VleW1HS2zO7/4c7c7zNl33fO6oYACSagjJIyMIwZLUE=
 github.com/psanford/httpreadat v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Zg7P+TlBm3bYbyHTKv/EdtSJZn3qwbPwpfZ/I9GKCRE=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0 h1:IcZ56OuxrtaEz8UYNRHBrUa9bYeX9oVY93KspZZBf/I=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0/go.mod h1:TSbcXCfFP0L2FGkRPxHphadXPjo1T6W+CseNNY7EkjM=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0 h1:CXP3zneLDl6J4Zy8N/J+d5JsWKfrjE6GtvVK1fpnDlk=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0/go.mod h1:DRm5twOQ5Gr1AoEdSi0CLjDQF1J9ZAuyqFIjl1KKfQU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.43.0 h1:dduJYIi3A3KOfdGOHX8AVZ/jGiyPa3IbBozJ5kNuE04=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.43.0/go.mod h1:BFbav4mRNlXJL4wNeejLpWxB7wMbc79PdRGhWKncxR0=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0 h1:l60nONMj9l5drqw6jlhIELNv9I0A4OFgRsG9k2oT9Ug=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 h1:fdNQudmxPjkdUTPnLn5mdQv7Zwvbvpaxqs831goi9kQ=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
 golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 h1:yznKA/E9zq54KzlzBEAWn1NXSQ8DIp/NYMy88xJjl4k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.30.0/go.mod h1:yDdHFIX9t+tORqspjENWgzaCVXgk0yYnYuSZ8UzzBVM=
 lukechampine.com/adiantum v1.1.1 h1:4fp6gTxWCqpEbLy40ExiYDDED3oUNWx5cTqBCtPdZqA=
diff --git a/gormlite/go.mod b/gormlite/go.mod
index 3f26ce5..554f450 100644
--- a/gormlite/go.mod
+++ b/gormlite/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/gormlite
 go 1.24.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.29.1
+	github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.31.1
 )
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/gormlite/go.sum b/gormlite/go.sum
index 0860fb6..242bb8e 100644
--- a/gormlite/go.sum
+++ b/gormlite/go.sum
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 h1:/o9tlHleP7gOFmsnYNz3RGnqzefHA47wQpKrrdTIwXQ=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
-github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.29.1 h1:NIi8AISWBToRHyoz01FXiTNvU147Tqdibgj2tFzJCqM=
-github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.29.1/go.mod h1:PpccBNNhvjwUOwDQEn2gXQPFPTWdlromj0+fSkd5KSg=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0 h1:EcoP5wtm8lRfRGQmOI782t/matUvzpqI3om9rTDngQ8=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:6mcRKUuA9qvAo7PcQU+wwcT2j/qGimg1qXO/pmj8Ryk=
 github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 h1:fH0OKwa7NWvniGQtxdJRxAgkBMolni2BjDHaWTxqt7M=
 github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Dusn2KvZrrovOMJuOt0TNXL6tB7U2E8kvza5fFc9G7g=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0 h1:IcZ56OuxrtaEz8UYNRHBrUa9bYeX9oVY93KspZZBf/I=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.9.0/go.mod h1:TSbcXCfFP0L2FGkRPxHphadXPjo1T6W+CseNNY7EkjM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 h1:fdNQudmxPjkdUTPnLn5mdQv7Zwvbvpaxqs831goi9kQ=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0 h1:CXP3zneLDl6J4Zy8N/J+d5JsWKfrjE6GtvVK1fpnDlk=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0/go.mod h1:DRm5twOQ5Gr1AoEdSi0CLjDQF1J9ZAuyqFIjl1KKfQU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
 golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 h1:yznKA/E9zq54KzlzBEAWn1NXSQ8DIp/NYMy88xJjl4k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.30.0/go.mod h1:yDdHFIX9t+tORqspjENWgzaCVXgk0yYnYuSZ8UzzBVM=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.31.1 h1:7CA8FTFz/gRfgqgpeKIBcervUn3xSyPUmr6B2WXJ7kg=
diff --git a/litestream/modernc/go.mod b/litestream/modernc/go.mod
index 7ea8b91..fde7d70 100644
--- a/litestream/modernc/go.mod
+++ b/litestream/modernc/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 module modernc.org/sqlite
 
 go 1.24.0
+
+require github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/litestream/modernc/go.sum b/litestream/modernc/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdb71cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litestream/modernc/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0 h1:EcoP5wtm8lRfRGQmOI782t/matUvzpqI3om9rTDngQ8=
+github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:6mcRKUuA9qvAo7PcQU+wwcT2j/qGimg1qXO/pmj8Ryk=
+github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0 h1:fH0OKwa7NWvniGQtxdJRxAgkBMolni2BjDHaWTxqt7M=
+github.com/ncruces/julianday v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Dusn2KvZrrovOMJuOt0TNXL6tB7U2E8kvza5fFc9G7g=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0 h1:CXP3zneLDl6J4Zy8N/J+d5JsWKfrjE6GtvVK1fpnDlk=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.10.0/go.mod h1:DRm5twOQ5Gr1AoEdSi0CLjDQF1J9ZAuyqFIjl1KKfQU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 h1:yznKA/E9zq54KzlzBEAWn1NXSQ8DIp/NYMy88xJjl4k=
+golang.org/x/text v0.30.0/go.mod h1:yDdHFIX9t+tORqspjENWgzaCVXgk0yYnYuSZ8UzzBVM=
diff --git a/sqlite.go b/sqlite.go
index 52532e0..532f051 100644
--- a/sqlite.go
+++ b/sqlite.go
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"math/bits"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/tetratelabs/wazero"
 	"github.com/tetratelabs/wazero/api"
+	"github.com/tetratelabs/wazero/experimental"
 
 	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/internal/util"
 	"github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/vfs"
@@ -79,7 +81,9 @@ func compileSQLite() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	instance.compiled, instance.err = instance.runtime.CompileModule(ctx, bin)
+	instance.compiled, instance.err = instance.runtime.CompileModule(
+		experimental.WithCompilationWorkers(ctx, runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)/4),
+		bin)
 }
 
 type sqlite struct {