diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b023f552..e55c3588 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ wildcard_dependencies = "warn"
 missing_errors_doc = "allow"
 missing_panics_doc = "allow"
 
-thread_local_initializer_can_be_made_const = "allow"
 unnecessary_to_owned = "allow"
 
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diff --git a/src/database/abstraction/sqlite.rs b/src/database/abstraction/sqlite.rs
index f0f0a9d2..871e2af4 100644
--- a/src/database/abstraction/sqlite.rs
+++ b/src/database/abstraction/sqlite.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ use crate::{database::Config, Result};
 
 thread_local! {
     static READ_CONNECTION: RefCell<Option<&'static Connection>> =
-        RefCell::new(None);
+        const { RefCell::new(None) };
     static READ_CONNECTION_ITERATOR: RefCell<Option<&'static Connection>> =
-        RefCell::new(None);
+        const { RefCell::new(None) };
 }
 
 struct PreparedStatementIterator<'a> {