diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6cec8e9d..a74ddee2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ doc/_build
 doc/venv
 doc/tutorial/static/api.js
 doc/tutorial/static/jq.js
-shell.nix
 
 # nix
 result*
diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index b8516e66..337ef6ae 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ packages:
   doc/cookbook/custom-errors
   doc/cookbook/basic-streaming
   doc/cookbook/db-postgres-pool
-  -- doc/cookbook/db-sqlite-simple
+  doc/cookbook/db-sqlite-simple
   doc/cookbook/file-upload
   doc/cookbook/generic
   -- doc/cookbook/hoist-server-with-context
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ constraints:
 constraints: base-compat ^>=0.11
 constraints: semigroups ^>=0.19
 
--- MonadFail
--- https://github.com/nurpax/sqlite-simple/issues/74
-constraints: sqlite-simple < 0
 -- allow-newer: sqlite-simple-0.4.16.0:semigroups
 -- allow-newer: direct-sqlite-2.3.24:semigroups
 
diff --git a/doc/cookbook/db-sqlite-simple/db-sqlite-simple.cabal b/doc/cookbook/db-sqlite-simple/db-sqlite-simple.cabal
index e8e1588f..108b85c8 100644
--- a/doc/cookbook/db-sqlite-simple/db-sqlite-simple.cabal
+++ b/doc/cookbook/db-sqlite-simple/db-sqlite-simple.cabal
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ executable cookbook-db-sqlite-simple
                      , http-types >= 0.12
                      , markdown-unlit >= 0.4
                      , http-client >= 0.5
-                     , sqlite-simple >= 0.4
+                     , sqlite-simple >= 0.4.5.0
                      , transformers
   default-language:    Haskell2010
   ghc-options:         -Wall -pgmL markdown-unlit