diff --git a/driver/driver.go b/driver/driver.go
index 150a01a..eee3b29 100644
--- a/driver/driver.go
+++ b/driver/driver.go
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ func (r *rows) Next(dest []driver.Value) error {
 	}
 
 	data := unsafe.Slice((*any)(unsafe.SliceData(dest)), len(dest))
-	err := r.Stmt.Columns(data)
+	err := r.Stmt.Columns(data...)
 	for i := range dest {
 		if t, ok := r.decodeTime(i, dest[i]); ok {
 			dest[i] = t
diff --git a/stmt.go b/stmt.go
index 139dd35..dc83919 100644
--- a/stmt.go
+++ b/stmt.go
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ func (s *Stmt) ColumnValue(col int) Value {
 // [TEXT] as string, and [BLOB] as []byte.
 // Any []byte are owned by SQLite and may be invalidated by
 // subsequent calls to [Stmt] methods.
-func (s *Stmt) Columns(dest []any) error {
+func (s *Stmt) Columns(dest ...any) error {
 	defer s.c.arena.mark()()
 	count := uint64(len(dest))
 	typePtr := s.c.arena.new(count)