diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df8e7d6..d5f082d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "julid-rs"
 # 1.61803398874989484
-#            ^
-version = "1.6.180339887"
+#             ^
+version = "1.6.1803398874"
 authors = ["Joe Ardent <code@ardent.nebcorp.com>"]
 edition = "2024"
 keywords = ["ulid", "sqlite", "julid", "uuid", "guid"]
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "time"]
 
 # all other deps are optional
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
-sqlx = { version = "0.7", features = ["sqlite"], default-features = false, optional = true }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = ["sqlite"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 sqlite-loadable = { version = "0.0.5", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "1.17", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 divan = "0.1"
-uuid = { version = "1.17", default-features = false, features = ["v7"] }
+uuid = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["v7"] }
 julid-rs = { path = ".", features = ["uuid"] }
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44ac5c4..26f57e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Docs.rs: <https://docs.rs/julid-rs/latest/julid/>
 
 Blog post: <https://proclamations.nebcorp-hias.com/sundries/presenting-julids/>
 
+As of June of 2025, they can also be converted to and from [version 7
+UUIDs](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc9562.html#name-uuid-version-7), though some precision in the
+intra-millisecond counter is lost when going to a UUID.
 
 ## A slightly deeper look
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2fce4ea..baa431b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6180339887
+1.61803398874
diff --git a/src/sqlx.rs b/src/sqlx.rs
index ad26855..3937f9c 100644
--- a/src/sqlx.rs
+++ b/src/sqlx.rs
@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@ impl sqlx::Type<sqlx::Sqlite> for Julid {
 }
 
 impl<'q> Encode<'q, Sqlite> for Julid {
-    fn encode_by_ref(&self, args: &mut Vec<SqliteArgumentValue<'q>>) -> IsNull {
+    fn encode_by_ref(
+        &self,
+        args: &mut Vec<SqliteArgumentValue<'q>>,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<
+        sqlx::encode::IsNull,
+        std::boxed::Box<(dyn std::error::Error + std::marker::Send + std::marker::Sync + 'static)>,
+    > {
         args.push(SqliteArgumentValue::Blob(Cow::Owned(
             self.as_bytes().to_vec(),
         )));
-        IsNull::No
+        Ok(IsNull::No)
     }
 }