diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f1513a2..6ca3db6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ window = ["rusqlite/window"]
 crossbeam-channel = { version = "0.5" }
 futures-channel = { version = "0.3" }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3" }
-rusqlite = { version = "0.35.0" }
+rusqlite = { version = "0.36.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 async-std = { version = "1.12.0" }
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 251a057..0886ca5 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ impl Client {
     fn create_conn(mut builder: ClientBuilder) -> Result<Connection, Error> {
         let path = builder.path.take().unwrap_or_else(|| ":memory:".into());
         let conn = if let Some(vfs) = builder.vfs.take() {
-            Connection::open_with_flags_and_vfs(path, builder.flags, &vfs)?
+            Connection::open_with_flags_and_vfs(path, builder.flags, vfs.as_str())?
         } else {
             Connection::open_with_flags(path, builder.flags)?
         };