diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py b/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
index 35344ecceff526..68970f5fcf5d47 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
@@ -132,8 +132,12 @@ def main(*args):
     theme = get_theme()
     s = theme.syntax
 
-    sys.ps1 = f"{s.prompt}sqlite> {s.reset}"
-    sys.ps2 = f"{s.prompt}    ... {s.reset}"
+    if s.prompt:
+        sys.ps1 = f"\001{s.prompt}\002sqlite> \001{s.reset}\002"
+        sys.ps2 = f"\001{s.prompt}\002    ... \001{s.reset}\002"
+    else:
+        sys.ps1 = f"sqlite> "
+        sys.ps2 = f"    ... "
 
     con = sqlite3.connect(args.filename, isolation_level=None)
     try:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py
index 720fa3c4c1ea8b..4c963713fc1606 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_cli.py
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ def test_interact_on_disk_file(self):
     def test_color(self):
         with unittest.mock.patch("_colorize.can_colorize", return_value=True):
             out, err = self.run_cli(commands="TEXT\n")
-            self.assertIn("\x1b[1;35msqlite> \x1b[0m", out)
-            self.assertIn("\x1b[1;35m    ... \x1b[0m\x1b", out)
+            self.assertIn("\001\x1b[1;35m\002sqlite> \001\x1b[0m\002", out)
+            self.assertIn("\001\x1b[1;35m\002    ... \001\x1b[0m\002\001\x1b", out)
             out, err = self.run_cli(commands=("sel;",))
             self.assertIn('\x1b[1;35mOperationalError (SQLITE_ERROR)\x1b[0m: '
                           '\x1b[35mnear "sel": syntax error\x1b[0m', err)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-24-19-07-18.gh-issue-135883.38cePA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-24-19-07-18.gh-issue-135883.38cePA.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8f3efceaae1d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-24-19-07-18.gh-issue-135883.38cePA.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :mod:`sqlite3`'s :ref:`interactive shell <sqlite3-cli>` keeping part of
+previous commands when scrolling history.