diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
index ff9b54c..5447e27 100755
--- a/docker/run.sh
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function fixdefault {
 
 function fixconfig {
 	# Change relative default paths to absolute paths in /data
-	fixdefault '.database' 'sqlite:///maubot.db' 'sqlite:////data/maubot.db'
+	fixdefault '.database' 'sqlite:maubot.db' 'sqlite:/data/maubot.db'
 	fixdefault '.plugin_directories.upload' './plugins' '/data/plugins'
 	fixdefault '.plugin_directories.load[0]' './plugins' '/data/plugins'
 	fixdefault '.plugin_directories.trash' './trash' '/data/trash'
diff --git a/maubot/config.py b/maubot/config.py
index c5368cd..b8e42de 100644
--- a/maubot/config.py
+++ b/maubot/config.py
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ class Config(BaseFileConfig):
     def do_update(self, helper: ConfigUpdateHelper) -> None:
         base = helper.base
         copy = helper.copy
-        copy("database")
+
+        if "database" in self and self["database"].startswith("sqlite:///"):
+            helper.base["database"] = self["database"].replace("sqlite:///", "sqlite:")
+        else:
+            copy("database")
         copy("database_opts")
         if isinstance(self["crypto_database"], dict):
             if self["crypto_database.type"] == "postgres":
diff --git a/maubot/example-config.yaml b/maubot/example-config.yaml
index 0181846..a16ea19 100644
--- a/maubot/example-config.yaml
+++ b/maubot/example-config.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # The full URI to the database. SQLite and Postgres are fully supported.
 # Other DBMSes supported by SQLAlchemy may or may not work.
 # Format examples:
-#   SQLite:   sqlite:///filename.db
+#   SQLite:   sqlite:filename.db
 #   Postgres: postgresql://username:password@hostname/dbname
-database: sqlite:///maubot.db
+database: sqlite:maubot.db
 
 # Separate database URL for the crypto database. "default" means use the same database as above.
 crypto_database: default
diff --git a/maubot/instance.py b/maubot/instance.py
index c63e5ab..2905d12 100644
--- a/maubot/instance.py
+++ b/maubot/instance.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class PluginInstance(DBInstance):
                 )
             else:
                 self.inst_db = Database.create(
-                    f"sqlite:///{self._sqlite_db_path}",
+                    f"sqlite:{self._sqlite_db_path}",
                     upgrade_table=upgrade_table,
                     log=instance_db_log,
                 )
diff --git a/maubot/standalone/example-config.yaml b/maubot/standalone/example-config.yaml
index 1884b78..457a5ca 100644
--- a/maubot/standalone/example-config.yaml
+++ b/maubot/standalone/example-config.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ server:
 
 # The database for the plugin. Used for plugin data, the sync token and e2ee data (if enabled).
 # SQLite and Postgres are supported.
-database: sqlite:///bot.db
+database: sqlite:bot.db
 
 # Additional arguments for asyncpg.create_pool() or sqlite3.connect()
 # https://magicstack.github.io/asyncpg/current/api/index.html#asyncpg.pool.create_pool
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 550d116..e5743ae 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mautrix>=0.19.8,<0.20
+mautrix>=0.20.1,<0.21
 aiohttp>=3,<4
 yarl>=1,<2
 SQLAlchemy>=1,<1.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2472222..24f9e00 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
 
     install_requires=install_requires,
     extras_require=extras_require,
-    python_requires="~=3.8",
+    python_requires="~=3.9",
 
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "Framework :: AsyncIO",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",