diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index b2cf9243ca..100088f5dd 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -365,11 +365,11 @@ dependencies {
     def lifecycle_version = "2.5.1" // 2.6.0-alpha03
     def lifecycle_extensions_version = "2.2.0"
     def room_version = "2.4.3" // 2.5.0-beta01
-    def sqlite_version = "2.2.0" // 2.3.0-beta01
+    def sqlite_version = "2.3.0-beta01"
     def requery_version = "3.39.2"
     def paging_version = "2.1.2" //  3.2.0-alpha03
     def preference_version = "1.2.0"
-    def work_version = "2.8.0-alpha04" // 2.8.0-beta01
+    def work_version = "2.8.0-beta01"
     def exif_version = "1.3.5"
     def biometric_version = "1.2.0-alpha05"
     def billingclient_version = "4.1.0"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DB.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DB.java
index b7570fa8c6..ad662483f8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DB.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DB.java
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ public abstract class DB extends RoomDatabase {
                         boolean sqlite_auto_vacuum = prefs.getBoolean("sqlite_auto_vacuum", false);
                         String mode = (sqlite_auto_vacuum ? "FULL" : "INCREMENTAL");
                         Log.i("Set PRAGMA auto_vacuum=" + mode);
-                        try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA auto_vacuum=" + mode + ";", null)) {
+                        try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA auto_vacuum=" + mode + ";")) {
                             cursor.moveToNext(); // required
                         }
 
@@ -432,12 +432,12 @@ public abstract class DB extends RoomDatabase {
                         boolean sqlite_sync_extra = prefs.getBoolean("sqlite_sync_extra", true);
                         String sync = (sqlite_sync_extra ? "EXTRA" : "NORMAL");
                         Log.i("Set PRAGMA synchronous=" + sync);
-                        try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA synchronous=" + sync + ";", null)) {
+                        try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA synchronous=" + sync + ";")) {
                             cursor.moveToNext(); // required
                         }
 
                         Log.i("Set PRAGMA journal_size_limit=" + DB_JOURNAL_SIZE_LIMIT);
-                        try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA journal_size_limit=" + DB_JOURNAL_SIZE_LIMIT + ";", null)) {
+                        try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA journal_size_limit=" + DB_JOURNAL_SIZE_LIMIT + ";")) {
                             cursor.moveToNext(); // required
                         }
 
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ public abstract class DB extends RoomDatabase {
                         if (cache_size != null) {
                             cache_size = -cache_size; // kibibytes
                             Log.i("Set PRAGMA cache_size=" + cache_size);
-                            try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA cache_size=" + cache_size + ";", null)) {
+                            try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA cache_size=" + cache_size + ";")) {
                                 cursor.moveToNext(); // required
                             }
                         }
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public abstract class DB extends RoomDatabase {
                         // Prevent long running operations from getting an exclusive lock
                         // https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_cache_spill
                         Log.i("Set PRAGMA cache_spill=0");
-                        try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA cache_spill=0;", null)) {
+                        try (Cursor cursor = db.query("PRAGMA cache_spill=0;")) {
                             cursor.moveToNext(); // required
                         }