diff --git a/lib/goose/dialect.go b/lib/goose/dialect.go
index a9cdf21..75d86a5 100644
--- a/lib/goose/dialect.go
+++ b/lib/goose/dialect.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (m *Sqlite3Dialect) createVersionTableSql() string {
                 id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
                 version_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
                 is_applied INTEGER NOT NULL,
-                tstamp TEXT DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+                tstamp TIMESTAMP DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
             );`
 }