diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e50a20..b80ea52 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,16 +4,26 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20221118152302-e6195bd50e26
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0
-	modernc.org/libc v1.22.5
-	modernc.org/mathutil v1.5.0
-	modernc.org/sqlite v1.23.1
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0
+	modernc.org/libc v1.28.0
+	modernc.org/mathutil v1.6.0
+	modernc.org/sqlite v1.26.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec // indirect
-	modernc.org/memory v1.5.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
+	lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.3.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.41.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.16.15 // indirect
+	modernc.org/memory v1.7.2 // indirect
+	modernc.org/opt v0.1.3 // indirect
+	modernc.org/strutil v1.2.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/token v1.1.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b780c30..00f7d7b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20221118152302-e6195bd50e26 h1:Xim43kblpZXfIBQsbu
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20221118152302-e6195bd50e26/go.mod h1:dDKJzRmX4S37WGHujM7tX//fmj1uioxKzKxz3lo4HJo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 h1:KjJaJ9iWZ3jOFZIf1Lqf4laDRCasjl0BCmnEGxkdLb4=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20220319035150-800ac71e25c2/go.mod h1:aYm2/VgdVmcIU8iMfdMvDMsRAQjcfZSKFby6HOFvi/w=
+github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 h1:Z9n2FFNUXsshfwJMBgNA0RU6/i7WVaAegv3PtuIHPMs=
 github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.3/go.mod h1:RVVoqg1df56z8g3pUjL/3lE5UfnlrJX8tyFgg4nqhuY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 h1:BTarxUcIeDqL27Mc+vyvdWYSL28zpIhv3RoTdsLMPng=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.16/go.mod h1:2eHXhiwb8IkHr+BDWZGa96P6+rkvnG63S2DGjv9HUNg=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0/go.mod h1:qqbHyh8v60DhA7CoWK5oRCqLrMHRGoxYCSS9EjAz6Eo=
@@ -26,6 +31,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACk
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0 h1:I/DsJXRlw/8l/0c24sM9yb0T4z9liZTduXvdAWYiysY=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
@@ -37,24 +44,37 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220310020820-b874c991c1a5/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220704084225-05e143d24a9e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 h1:3jlCCIQZPdOYu1h8BkNvLz8Kgwtae2cagcG/VamtZRU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201124115921-2c860bdd6e78/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0 h1:jvNa2pY0M4r62jkRQ6RwEZZyPcymeL9XZMLBbV7U2nc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0/go.mod h1:uYBEerGOWcJyEORxN+Ek8+TT266gXkNlHdJBwexUsBg=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 h1:+cNy6SZtPcJQH3LJVLOSmiC7MMxXNOb3PU/VUEz+EhU=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028/go.mod h1:NDW/Ps6MPRej6fsCIbMTohpP40sJ/P/vI1MoTEGwX90=
 lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=
 lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=
+lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.3.0 h1:cDdUVfRwDUDovz610ABgFD17nXD4/uDgVHl2sC3+sbo=
+lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.3.0/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=
 modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.37.0/go.mod h1:vtL+3mdHx/wcj3iEGz84rQa8vEqR6XM84v5Lcvfph20=
 modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.40.0/go.mod h1:/bTg4dnWkSXowUO6ssQKnOV0yMVxDYNIsIrzqTFDGH0=
+modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.41.0 h1:QoR1Sn3YWlmA1T4vLaKZfawdVtSiGx8H+cEojbC7v1Q=
+modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.41.0/go.mod h1:Ni4zjJYJ04CDOhG7dn640WGfwBzfE0ecX8TyMB0Fv0Y=
 modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.0.0-20220904174949-82d86e1b6d56/go.mod h1:YSXjPL62P2AMSxBphRHPn7IkzhVHqkvOnRKAKh+W6ZI=
 modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.16.13-0.20221017192402-261537637ce8/go.mod h1:fUB3Vn0nVPReA+7IG7yZDfjv1TMWjhQP8gCxrFAtL5g=
 modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.16.13/go.mod h1:2Quk+5YgpImhPjv2Qsob1DnZ/4som1lJTodubIcoUkY=
+modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.16.15 h1:KbDR3ZAVU+wiLyMESPtbtE/Add4elztFyfsWoNTgxS0=
+modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.16.15/go.mod h1:yT7B+/E2m43tmMOT51GMoM98/MtHIcQQSleGnddkUNI=
 modernc.org/ccorpus v1.11.6/go.mod h1:2gEUTrWqdpH2pXsmTM1ZkjeSrUWDpjMu2T6m29L/ErQ=
 modernc.org/httpfs v1.0.6/go.mod h1:7dosgurJGp0sPaRanU53W4xZYKh14wfzX420oZADeHM=
 modernc.org/libc v1.17.4/go.mod h1:WNg2ZH56rDEwdropAJeZPQkXmDwh+JCA1s/htl6r2fA=
@@ -62,17 +82,30 @@ modernc.org/libc v1.20.3/go.mod h1:ZRfIaEkgrYgZDl6pa4W39HgN5G/yDW+NRmNKZBDFrk0=
 modernc.org/libc v1.21.4/go.mod h1:przBsL5RDOZajTVslkugzLBj1evTue36jEomFQOoYuI=
 modernc.org/libc v1.22.5 h1:91BNch/e5B0uPbJFgqbxXuOnxBQjlS//icfQEGmvyjE=
 modernc.org/libc v1.22.5/go.mod h1:jj+Z7dTNX8fBScMVNRAYZ/jF91K8fdT2hYMThc3YjBY=
+modernc.org/libc v1.28.0 h1:kHB6LtDBV8DEAK7aZT1vWvP92abW9fb8cjb1P9UTpUE=
+modernc.org/libc v1.28.0/go.mod h1:DaG/4Q3LRRdqpiLyP0C2m1B8ZMGkQ+cCgOIjEtQlYhQ=
 modernc.org/mathutil v1.5.0 h1:rV0Ko/6SfM+8G+yKiyI830l3Wuz1zRutdslNoQ0kfiQ=
 modernc.org/mathutil v1.5.0/go.mod h1:mZW8CKdRPY1v87qxC/wUdX5O1qDzXMP5TH3wjfpga6E=
+modernc.org/mathutil v1.6.0 h1:fRe9+AmYlaej+64JsEEhoWuAYBkOtQiMEU7n/XgfYi4=
+modernc.org/mathutil v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Ui5Q9q1TR2gFm0AQRqQUaBWFLAhQpCwNcuhBOSedWPo=
 modernc.org/memory v1.3.0/go.mod h1:PkUhL0Mugw21sHPeskwZW4D6VscE/GQJOnIpCnW6pSU=
 modernc.org/memory v1.4.0/go.mod h1:PkUhL0Mugw21sHPeskwZW4D6VscE/GQJOnIpCnW6pSU=
 modernc.org/memory v1.5.0 h1:N+/8c5rE6EqugZwHii4IFsaJ7MUhoWX07J5tC/iI5Ds=
 modernc.org/memory v1.5.0/go.mod h1:PkUhL0Mugw21sHPeskwZW4D6VscE/GQJOnIpCnW6pSU=
+modernc.org/memory v1.7.2 h1:Klh90S215mmH8c9gO98QxQFsY+W451E8AnzjoE2ee1E=
+modernc.org/memory v1.7.2/go.mod h1:NO4NVCQy0N7ln+T9ngWqOQfi7ley4vpwvARR+Hjw95E=
 modernc.org/opt v0.1.1/go.mod h1:WdSiB5evDcignE70guQKxYUl14mgWtbClRi5wmkkTX0=
+modernc.org/opt v0.1.3 h1:3XOZf2yznlhC+ibLltsDGzABUGVx8J6pnFMS3E4dcq4=
 modernc.org/opt v0.1.3/go.mod h1:WdSiB5evDcignE70guQKxYUl14mgWtbClRi5wmkkTX0=
 modernc.org/sqlite v1.23.1 h1:nrSBg4aRQQwq59JpvGEQ15tNxoO5pX/kUjcRNwSAGQM=
 modernc.org/sqlite v1.23.1/go.mod h1:OrDj17Mggn6MhE+iPbBNf7RGKODDE9NFT0f3EwDzJqk=
+modernc.org/sqlite v1.26.0 h1:SocQdLRSYlA8W99V8YH0NES75thx19d9sB/aFc4R8Lw=
+modernc.org/sqlite v1.26.0/go.mod h1:FL3pVXie73rg3Rii6V/u5BoHlSoyeZeIgKZEgHARyCU=
 modernc.org/strutil v1.1.3/go.mod h1:MEHNA7PdEnEwLvspRMtWTNnp2nnyvMfkimT1NKNAGbw=
+modernc.org/strutil v1.2.0 h1:agBi9dp1I+eOnxXeiZawM8F4LawKv4NzGWSaLfyeNZA=
+modernc.org/strutil v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/mdcBmfOibveCTBxUl5B5l6W+TTH1FXPLHZE6bTosX0=
 modernc.org/tcl v1.15.2/go.mod h1:3+k/ZaEbKrC8ePv8zJWPtBSW0V7Gg9g8rkmhI1Kfs3c=
 modernc.org/token v1.0.1/go.mod h1:UGzOrNV1mAFSEB63lOFHIpNRUVMvYTc6yu1SMY/XTDM=
+modernc.org/token v1.1.0 h1:Xl7Ap9dKaEs5kLoOQeQmPWevfnk/DM5qcLcYlA8ys6Y=
+modernc.org/token v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UGzOrNV1mAFSEB63lOFHIpNRUVMvYTc6yu1SMY/XTDM=
 modernc.org/z v1.7.3/go.mod h1:Ipv4tsdxZRbQyLq9Q1M6gdbkxYzdlrciF2Hi/lS7nWE=
diff --git a/sqlite.go b/sqlite.go
index 7f13b89..6b984b6 100644
--- a/sqlite.go
+++ b/sqlite.go
@@ -456,12 +456,19 @@ func (r *rows) ColumnTypeScanType(index int) reflect.Type {
 	}
 }
 
+type unionStmt interface {
+	driver.Stmt
+	driver.StmtExecContext
+	driver.StmtQueryContext
+}
+
 type stmt struct {
+	ctx  context.Context
 	c    *conn
 	psql uintptr
 }
 
-func newStmt(c *conn, sql string) (*stmt, error) {
+func newStmt(ctx context.Context, c *conn, sql string) (*stmt, error) {
 	p, err := libc.CString(sql)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -500,8 +507,10 @@ func toNamedValues(vals []driver.Value) (r []driver.NamedValue) {
 func (s *stmt) exec(ctx context.Context, args []driver.NamedValue) (r driver.Result, err error) {
 	var pstmt uintptr
 	var done int32
-	if ctx != nil && ctx.Done() != nil {
-		defer interruptOnDone(ctx, s.c, &done)()
+
+	execCtx := mergeContexts(s.ctx, ctx)
+	if execCtx != nil {
+		defer interruptOnDone(execCtx, s.c, &done)()
 	}
 
 	for psql := s.psql; *(*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(psql)) != 0 && atomic.LoadInt32(&done) == 0; {
@@ -586,8 +595,9 @@ func (s *stmt) query(ctx context.Context, args []driver.NamedValue) (r driver.Ro
 	var done int32    // done indicator (atomic usage)
 
 	// context honoring
-	if ctx != nil && ctx.Done() != nil {
-		defer interruptOnDone(ctx, s.c, &done)()
+	execCtx := mergeContexts(s.ctx, ctx)
+	if execCtx != nil {
+		defer interruptOnDone(execCtx, s.c, &done)()
 	}
 
 	// generally, query may contain multiple SQL statements
@@ -695,7 +705,7 @@ type tx struct {
 	c *conn
 }
 
-func newTx(c *conn, opts driver.TxOptions) (*tx, error) {
+func newTx(ctx context.Context, c *conn, opts driver.TxOptions) (*tx, error) {
 	r := &tx{c: c}
 
 	sql := "begin"
@@ -703,7 +713,7 @@ func newTx(c *conn, opts driver.TxOptions) (*tx, error) {
 		sql = "begin " + c.beginMode
 	}
 
-	if err := r.exec(context.Background(), sql); err != nil {
+	if err := r.exec(ctx, sql); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -1391,7 +1401,7 @@ func (c *conn) Begin() (driver.Tx, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *conn) begin(ctx context.Context, opts driver.TxOptions) (t driver.Tx, err error) {
-	return newTx(c, opts)
+	return newTx(ctx, c, opts)
 }
 
 // Close invalidates and potentially stops any current prepared statements and
@@ -1487,9 +1497,8 @@ func (c *conn) Prepare(query string) (driver.Stmt, error) {
 	return c.prepare(context.Background(), query)
 }
 
-func (c *conn) prepare(ctx context.Context, query string) (s driver.Stmt, err error) {
-	//TODO use ctx
-	return newStmt(c, query)
+func (c *conn) prepare(ctx context.Context, query string) (s unionStmt, err error) {
+	return newStmt(ctx, c, query)
 }
 
 // Queryer is an optional interface that may be implemented by a Conn.
@@ -1741,3 +1750,29 @@ func registerScalarFunction(
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func mergeContexts(ctx1, ctx2 context.Context) context.Context {
+	if ctx1 == nil {
+		if ctx2 == nil {
+			return nil
+		} else {
+			return ctx2
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ctx2 == nil {
+		return ctx1
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	func() {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx1.Done():
+			cancel()
+		case <-ctx2.Done():
+			cancel()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return ctx
+}