diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 064e56329f..e705e6df8b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/better-sqlite3": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/better-sqlite3/-/better-sqlite3-11.0.0.tgz",
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+      "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "bindings": "^1.5.0",
+        "prebuild-install": "^7.1.1"
+      }
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       "version": "5.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/big.js/-/big.js-5.2.2.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/colorette/-/colorette-1.2.1.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/getopts/-/getopts-2.3.0.tgz",
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       "dev": true
     },
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@@ -22816,32 +22827,36 @@
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-      "version": "0.95.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/knex/-/knex-0.95.9.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iy8Wue3ofGBVZENgz32fx2uYSYhXCQEE7lemMIdm/FDtgwwmrzkYm9BdGZ4wb8Fg/oCgezMGWSdCflWicX4sdA==",
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/knex/-/knex-3.1.0.tgz",
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       "dependencies": {
-        "colorette": "1.2.1",
-        "commander": "^7.1.0",
-        "debug": "4.3.2",
+        "colorette": "2.0.19",
+        "commander": "^10.0.0",
+        "debug": "4.3.4",
         "escalade": "^3.1.1",
         "esm": "^3.2.25",
-        "getopts": "2.2.5",
+        "get-package-type": "^0.1.0",
+        "getopts": "2.3.0",
         "interpret": "^2.2.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "pg-connection-string": "2.5.0",
-        "rechoir": "0.7.0",
+        "pg-connection-string": "2.6.2",
+        "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
         "resolve-from": "^5.0.0",
-        "tarn": "^3.0.1",
+        "tarn": "^3.0.2",
         "tildify": "2.0.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "knex": "bin/cli.js"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=10"
+        "node": ">=16"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "better-sqlite3": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
         "mysql": {
           "optional": true
         },
@@ -22851,6 +22866,9 @@
         "pg": {
           "optional": true
         },
+        "pg-native": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
         "sqlite3": {
           "optional": true
         },
@@ -22859,19 +22877,10 @@
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       }
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-    "node_modules/knex/node_modules/commander": {
-      "version": "7.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-7.2.0.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 10"
-      }
-    },
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-      "version": "4.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-mOp8wKcvj7XxC78zLgw/ZA+6TSgkoE2C/ienthhRD298T7UNwAg9diBpLRxC0mOezLl4B0xV7M0cCO6P/O0Xhw==",
+      "version": "4.3.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PRWFHuSU3eDtQJPvnNY7Jcket1j0t5OuOsFzPPzsekD52Zl8qUfFIPEiswXqIvHWGVHOgX+7G/vCNNhehwxfkQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
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@@ -28728,9 +28737,9 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/pg-connection-string": {
-      "version": "2.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-r5o/V/ORTA6TmUnyWZR9nCj1klXCO2CEKNRlVuJptZe85QuhFayC7WeMic7ndayT5IRIR0S0xFxFi2ousartlQ==",
+      "version": "2.6.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.6.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ch6OwaeaPYcova4kKZ15sbJ2hKb/VP48ZD2gE7i1J+L4MspCtBMAx8nMgz7bksc7IojCIIWuEhHibSMFH8m8oA==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/pg-int8": {
@@ -30010,15 +30019,15 @@
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     },
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-      "version": "0.7.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.7.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ADsDEH2bvbjltXEP+hTIAmeFekTFK0V2BTxMkok6qILyAJEXV0AFfoWcAq4yfll5VdIMd/RVXq0lR+wQi5ZU3Q==",
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/vxpCXddiX8NGfGO/mTafwjq4aFa/71pvamip0++IQk3zG8cbCj0fifNPrjjF1XMXUne91jL9OoxmdykoEtifQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
-        "resolve": "^1.9.0"
+        "resolve": "^1.20.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 0.10"
+        "node": ">= 10.13.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/redent": {
@@ -34757,18 +34766,6 @@
         "node": ">=10.13.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/webpack-cli/node_modules/rechoir": {
-      "version": "0.8.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.8.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-/vxpCXddiX8NGfGO/mTafwjq4aFa/71pvamip0++IQk3zG8cbCj0fifNPrjjF1XMXUne91jL9OoxmdykoEtifQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "resolve": "^1.20.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 10.13.0"
-      }
-    },
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       "version": "5.10.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-merge/-/webpack-merge-5.10.0.tgz",
@@ -38129,7 +38126,8 @@
         "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node": "^1.8.0",
         "@types/mocha": "7.0.2",
         "@types/node": "18.18.14",
-        "knex": "0.95.9",
+        "better-sqlite3": "11.0.0",
+        "knex": "3.1.0",
         "nyc": "15.1.0",
         "rimraf": "5.0.10",
         "sqlite3": "5.1.7",
@@ -48218,7 +48216,8 @@
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         "@types/mocha": "7.0.2",
         "@types/node": "18.18.14",
-        "knex": "0.95.9",
+        "better-sqlite3": "11.0.0",
+        "knex": "3.1.0",
         "nyc": "15.1.0",
         "rimraf": "5.0.10",
         "sqlite3": "5.1.7",
@@ -54403,6 +54402,16 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "better-sqlite3": {
+      "version": "11.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/better-sqlite3/-/better-sqlite3-11.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1NnNhmT3EZTsKtofJlMox1jkMxdedILury74PwUbQBjWgo4tL4kf7uTAjU55mgQwjdzqakSTjkf+E1imrFwjnA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "bindings": "^1.5.0",
+        "prebuild-install": "^7.1.1"
+      }
+    },
     "big.js": {
       "version": "5.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/big.js/-/big.js-5.2.2.tgz",
@@ -55256,9 +55265,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "colorette": {
-      "version": "1.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/colorette/-/colorette-1.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-puCDz0CzydiSYOrnXpz/PKd69zRrribezjtE9yd4zvytoRc8+RY/KJPvtPFKZS3E3wP6neGyMe0vOTlHO5L3Pw==",
+      "version": "2.0.19",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/colorette/-/colorette-2.0.19.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3tlv/dIP7FWvj3BsbHrGLJ6l/oKh1O3TcgBqMn+yyCagOxc23fyzDS6HypQbgxWbkpDnf52p1LuR4eWDQ/K9WQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "colors": {
@@ -58386,9 +58395,9 @@
       }
     },
     "getopts": {
-      "version": "2.2.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/getopts/-/getopts-2.2.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9jb7AW5p3in+IiJWhQiZmmwkpLaR/ccTWdWQCtZM66HJcHHLegowh4q4tSD7gouUyeNvFWRavfK9GXosQHDpFA==",
+      "version": "2.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/getopts/-/getopts-2.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5eDf9fuSXwxBL6q5HX+dhDj+dslFGWzU5thZ9kNKUkcPtaPdatmUFKwHFrLb/uf/WpA4BHET+AX3Scl56cAjpA==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "getpass": {
@@ -60641,36 +60650,31 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "knex": {
-      "version": "0.95.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/knex/-/knex-0.95.9.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iy8Wue3ofGBVZENgz32fx2uYSYhXCQEE7lemMIdm/FDtgwwmrzkYm9BdGZ4wb8Fg/oCgezMGWSdCflWicX4sdA==",
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/knex/-/knex-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-GLoII6hR0c4ti243gMs5/1Rb3B+AjwMOfjYm97pu0FOQa7JH56hgBxYf5WK2525ceSbBY1cjeZ9yk99GPMB6Kw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "colorette": "1.2.1",
-        "commander": "^7.1.0",
-        "debug": "4.3.2",
+        "colorette": "2.0.19",
+        "commander": "^10.0.0",
+        "debug": "4.3.4",
         "escalade": "^3.1.1",
         "esm": "^3.2.25",
-        "getopts": "2.2.5",
+        "get-package-type": "^0.1.0",
+        "getopts": "2.3.0",
         "interpret": "^2.2.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "pg-connection-string": "2.5.0",
-        "rechoir": "0.7.0",
+        "pg-connection-string": "2.6.2",
+        "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
         "resolve-from": "^5.0.0",
-        "tarn": "^3.0.1",
+        "tarn": "^3.0.2",
         "tildify": "2.0.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {
-        "commander": {
-          "version": "7.2.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-7.2.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-QrWXB+ZQSVPmIWIhtEO9H+gwHaMGYiF5ChvoJ+K9ZGHG/sVsa6yiesAD1GC/x46sET00Xlwo1u49RVVVzvcSkw==",
-          "dev": true
-        },
         "debug": {
-          "version": "4.3.2",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.2.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-mOp8wKcvj7XxC78zLgw/ZA+6TSgkoE2C/ienthhRD298T7UNwAg9diBpLRxC0mOezLl4B0xV7M0cCO6P/O0Xhw==",
+          "version": "4.3.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-PRWFHuSU3eDtQJPvnNY7Jcket1j0t5OuOsFzPPzsekD52Zl8qUfFIPEiswXqIvHWGVHOgX+7G/vCNNhehwxfkQ==",
           "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "ms": "2.1.2"
@@ -65298,9 +65302,9 @@
       }
     },
     "pg-connection-string": {
-      "version": "2.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-r5o/V/ORTA6TmUnyWZR9nCj1klXCO2CEKNRlVuJptZe85QuhFayC7WeMic7ndayT5IRIR0S0xFxFi2ousartlQ==",
+      "version": "2.6.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.6.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ch6OwaeaPYcova4kKZ15sbJ2hKb/VP48ZD2gE7i1J+L4MspCtBMAx8nMgz7bksc7IojCIIWuEhHibSMFH8m8oA==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "pg-int8": {
@@ -66280,12 +66284,12 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "rechoir": {
-      "version": "0.7.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.7.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ADsDEH2bvbjltXEP+hTIAmeFekTFK0V2BTxMkok6qILyAJEXV0AFfoWcAq4yfll5VdIMd/RVXq0lR+wQi5ZU3Q==",
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/vxpCXddiX8NGfGO/mTafwjq4aFa/71pvamip0++IQk3zG8cbCj0fifNPrjjF1XMXUne91jL9OoxmdykoEtifQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "resolve": "^1.9.0"
+        "resolve": "^1.20.0"
       }
     },
     "redent": {
@@ -69890,15 +69894,6 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/interpret/-/interpret-3.1.1.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha512-6xwYfHbajpoF0xLW+iwLkhwgvLoZDfjYfoFNu8ftMoXINzwuymNLd9u/KmwtdT2GbR+/Cz66otEGEVVUHX9QLQ==",
           "dev": true
-        },
-        "rechoir": {
-          "version": "0.8.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.8.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-/vxpCXddiX8NGfGO/mTafwjq4aFa/71pvamip0++IQk3zG8cbCj0fifNPrjjF1XMXUne91jL9OoxmdykoEtifQ==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "resolve": "^1.20.0"
-          }
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/package.json
index f0dc382ede..498dffe944 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node": "^1.8.0",
     "@types/mocha": "7.0.2",
     "@types/node": "18.18.14",
-    "knex": "0.95.9",
+    "better-sqlite3": "11.0.0",
+    "knex": "3.1.0",
     "nyc": "15.1.0",
     "rimraf": "5.0.10",
     "sqlite3": "5.1.7",
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/instrumentation.ts
index ca144b2751..5b7086895d 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ export class KnexInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<KnexInstrumentation
             const formatter = utils.getFormatter(this);
             const fullQuery = formatter(query.sql, query.bindings || []);
             const message = err.message.replace(fullQuery + ' - ', '');
-            const clonedError = utils.cloneErrorWithNewMessage(err, message);
-            span.recordException(clonedError);
+            const exc = utils.otelExceptionFromKnexError(err, message);
+            span.recordException(exc);
             span.setStatus({ code: api.SpanStatusCode.ERROR, message });
             span.end();
             throw err;
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/utils.ts
index 45cb3975c8..1ef06eb6bf 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/utils.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Exception } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
   DBSYSTEMVALUES_SQLITE,
   DBSYSTEMVALUES_POSTGRESQL,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 
-type Exception = {
-  new (message: string): Exception;
-  constructor: Exception;
-  errno?: number;
+type KnexError = Error & {
   code?: string;
-  stack?: string;
 };
 
 export const getFormatter = (runner: any) => {
@@ -43,21 +40,27 @@ export const getFormatter = (runner: any) => {
   return () => '<noop formatter>';
 };
 
-export const cloneErrorWithNewMessage = (err: Exception, message: string) => {
-  if (err && err instanceof Error) {
-    const clonedError = new (err.constructor as Exception)(message);
-    clonedError.code = err.code;
-    clonedError.stack = err.stack;
-    clonedError.errno = err.errno;
-    return clonedError;
+export function otelExceptionFromKnexError(
+  err: KnexError,
+  message: string
+): Exception {
+  if (!(err && err instanceof Error)) {
+    return err;
   }
-  return err;
-};
+
+  return {
+    message,
+    code: err.code,
+    stack: err.stack,
+    name: err.name,
+  };
+}
 
 const systemMap = new Map([
   ['sqlite3', DBSYSTEMVALUES_SQLITE],
   ['pg', DBSYSTEMVALUES_POSTGRESQL],
 ]);
+
 export const mapSystem = (knexSystem: string) => {
   return systemMap.get(knexSystem) || knexSystem;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/test/index.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/test/index.test.ts
index 61f7be90b2..4b5bd1d8f3 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/test/index.test.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,61 @@ describe('Knex instrumentation', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('should catch better-sqlite3 errors', async () => {
+      client = knex({
+        client: 'better-sqlite3',
+        connection: {
+          filename: ':memory:',
+        },
+        useNullAsDefault: true,
+      });
+
+      const parentSpan = tracer.startSpan('parentSpan');
+      const MESSAGE = 'no such table: testTable1';
+      const CODE = 'SQLITE_ERROR';
+
+      await context.with(
+        trace.setSpan(context.active(), parentSpan),
+        async () => {
+          try {
+            await client
+              .insert({ title: 'test1' })
+              .into('testTable1')
+              .catch((err: any) => {
+                assertMatch(err.message, /SQLITE_ERROR/, err);
+              });
+          } catch (e) {
+            // skip
+          }
+          parentSpan.end();
+
+          const events = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans()[0].events!;
+
+          assert.strictEqual(events.length, 1);
+          assert.strictEqual(events[0].name, 'exception');
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            events[0].attributes?.['exception.message'],
+            MESSAGE
+          );
+          assert.strictEqual(events[0].attributes?.['exception.type'], CODE);
+
+          assertSpans(
+            memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans(),
+            [
+              {
+                op: 'insert',
+                table: 'testTable1',
+                statement: 'insert into `testTable1` (`title`) values (?)',
+                parentSpan,
+              },
+              null,
+            ],
+            { dbSystem: 'better-sqlite3' }
+          );
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
     describe('nested queries', () => {
       it('should correctly identify the table in nested queries', async () => {
         const parentSpan = tracer.startSpan('parentSpan');
@@ -527,7 +582,15 @@ describe('Knex instrumentation', () => {
   });
 });
 
-const assertSpans = (actualSpans: any[], expectedSpans: any[]) => {
+const assertSpans = (
+  actualSpans: any[],
+  expectedSpans: any[],
+  options?: { dbSystem?: string }
+) => {
+  const customAssertOptions = {
+    dbSystem: 'sqlite',
+    ...options,
+  };
   assert(Array.isArray(actualSpans), 'Expected `actualSpans` to be an array');
   assert(
     Array.isArray(expectedSpans),
@@ -547,7 +610,10 @@ const assertSpans = (actualSpans: any[], expectedSpans: any[]) => {
       assert.strictEqual(span.kind, SpanKind.CLIENT);
       assertMatch(span.name, new RegExp(expected.op));
       assertMatch(span.name, new RegExp(':memory:'));
-      assert.strictEqual(span.attributes['db.system'], 'sqlite');
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        span.attributes['db.system'],
+        customAssertOptions.dbSystem
+      );
       assert.strictEqual(span.attributes['db.name'], ':memory:');
       assert.strictEqual(span.attributes['db.sql.table'], expected.table);
       assert.strictEqual(span.attributes['db.statement'], expected.statement);