diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b07d5ee6ed..cc4cd357c18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ endif
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -trimpath $(EXTRA_BUILD_FLAGS) $(VT_GO_PARALLEL) -ldflags "$(shell tools/build_version_flags.sh)" ./go/...
 	# embed local resources in the vttablet executable
 	(cd go/cmd/vttablet && go run github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice/rice append --exec=../../../bin/vttablet)
-	# build vtorc with CGO, because it depends on sqlite
-	CGO_ENABLED=1 go install -trimpath $(EXTRA_BUILD_FLAGS) $(VT_GO_PARALLEL) -ldflags "$(shell tools/build_version_flags.sh)" ./go/cmd/vtorc/...
 
 # cross-build can be used to cross-compile Vitess client binaries
 # Outside of select client binaries (namely vtctlclient & vtexplain), cross-compiled Vitess Binaries are not recommended for production deployments
@@ -92,7 +90,6 @@ endif
 	else
 		(cd go/cmd/vttablet && unset GOOS && unset GOARCH && go run github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice/rice --verbose append --exec=$${HOME}/go/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}/vttablet)
 	fi
-	# Cross-compiling w/ cgo isn't trivial and we don't need vtorc, so we can skip building it
 
 debug:
 ifndef NOBANNER
@@ -113,8 +110,7 @@ install: build
 cross-install: cross-build
 	# binaries
 	mkdir -p "$${PREFIX}/bin"
-	# Still no vtorc for cross-compile
-	cp "/go/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}/"{mysqlctl,mysqlctld,vtadmin,vtctld,vtctlclient,vtctldclient,vtgate,vttablet,vtworker,vtbackup} "$${PREFIX}/bin/"
+	cp "/go/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}/"{mysqlctl,mysqlctld,vtorc,vtadmin,vtctld,vtctlclient,vtctldclient,vtgate,vttablet,vtbackup} "$${PREFIX}/bin/"
 
 # Install local install the binaries needed to run vitess locally
 # Usage: make install-local PREFIX=/path/to/install/root
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index deaab072d9a..b8ead93d997 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.5.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.4.1 // indirect
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
 
-require github.com/bndr/gotabulate v1.1.2
+require (
+	github.com/bndr/gotabulate v1.1.2
+	modernc.org/sqlite v1.20.3
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/slok/noglog v0.2.0
@@ -127,8 +130,20 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
+	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
+	lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.40.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.16.13 // indirect
+	modernc.org/libc v1.22.2 // indirect
+	modernc.org/mathutil v1.5.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/memory v1.4.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/opt v0.1.3 // indirect
+	modernc.org/strutil v1.1.3 // indirect
+	modernc.org/token v1.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
@@ -164,7 +179,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-ieproxy v0.0.0-20190702010315-6dee0af9227d // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6dcccf81ebb..ccc0918f4bd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDD
 github.com/docker/spdystream v0.0.0-20160310174837-449fdfce4d96/go.mod h1:Qh8CwZgvJUkLughtfhJv5dyTYa91l1fOUCrgjqmcifM=
 github.com/docopt/docopt-go v0.0.0-20180111231733-ee0de3bc6815/go.mod h1:WwZ+bS3ebgob9U8Nd0kOddGdZWjyMGR8Wziv+TBNwSE=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v0.0.0-20171111073723-bb3d318650d4/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 h1:VSnTsYCnlFHaM2/igO1h6X3HA71jcobQuxemgkq4zYo=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
 github.com/dvyukov/go-fuzz v0.0.0-20210914135545-4980593459a1/go.mod h1:11Gm+ccJnvAhCNLlf5+cS9KjtbaD5I5zaZpFMsTHWTw=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153/go.mod h1:/Zj4wYkgs4iZTTu3o/KG3Itv/qCCa8VVMlb3i9OVuzc=
@@ -336,8 +337,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 h1:BKbKCqvP6I+rmFHt06ZmyQtvB8xAkWdhFyr0ZUNZcxQ=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-github/v27 v27.0.4/go.mod h1:/0Gr8pJ55COkmv+S/yPKCczSkUPIM/LnFyubufRNIS0=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
@@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20201023163331-3e6fc7fc9c4c/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLe
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20201203190320-1bf35d6f28c2/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210122040257-d980be63207e/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210226084205-cbba55b83ad5/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20221118152302-e6195bd50e26 h1:Xim43kblpZXfIBQsbuBVKCudVG457BR2GZFIz3uw3hQ=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 h1:El6M4kTTCOh6aBiKaUGG7oYTSPP8MxqL4YI3kZKwcP4=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510/go.mod h1:pupxD2MaaD3pAXIBCelhxNneeOaAeabZDe5s4K6zSpQ=
@@ -482,6 +484,8 @@ github.com/jtolds/gls v4.20.0+incompatible h1:xdiiI2gbIgH/gLH7ADydsJ1uDOEzR8yvV7
 github.com/jtolds/gls v4.20.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:QJZ7F/aHp+rZTRtaJ1ow/lLfFfVYBRgL+9YlvaHOwJU=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.2.0/go.mod h1:SYymIcj16QtmaHHD7aYtjjsJG7VTCxuUUipMqKk8s4w=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0/go.mod h1:JR6WtHb+2LUe8TCKY3cZOxFyyO8IZAc4RVcycCCAKdM=
+github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 h1:Z9n2FFNUXsshfwJMBgNA0RU6/i7WVaAegv3PtuIHPMs=
+github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EZBBE59ingxPouuu3KfxchcWSUPOHkagtvWXihfKN4Q=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
@@ -529,8 +533,9 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNx
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10/go.mod h1:qgIWMr58cqv1PHHyhnkY9lrL7etaEgOFcMEpPG5Rm84=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16 h1:bq3VjFmv/sOjHtdEhmkEV4x1AJtvUvOJ2PFAZ5+peKQ=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.2/go.mod h1:LwmH8dsx7+W8Uxz3IHJYH5QSwggIsqBzpuz5H//U1FU=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7 h1:Ei8KR0497xHyKJPAv59M1dkC+rOZCMBJ+t3fZ+twI54=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
@@ -648,6 +653,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0 h1:mxy4L2jP6qMonqmq+aTtOx1ifVWUgG/TAmntgbh3x
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0/go.mod h1:cz+aTbrPOrUb4q7XlbU9ygM+/jj0fzG6c1xBZuNvfVA=
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20200313005456-10cdbea86bc0 h1:MkV+77GLUNo5oJ0jf870itWm3D0Sjh7+Za9gazKc5LQ=
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20200313005456-10cdbea86bc0/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
+github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0 h1:OdAsTTz6OkFY5QxjkYwrChwuRruF69c169dPK26NUlk=
+github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0/go.mod h1:qqbHyh8v60DhA7CoWK5oRCqLrMHRGoxYCSS9EjAz6Eo=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
@@ -999,6 +1006,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210412220455-f1c623a9e750/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210603081109-ebe580a85c40/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 h1:MUK/U/4lj1t1oPg0HfuXDN/Z1wv31ZJ/YcPiGccS4DU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
@@ -1293,6 +1301,30 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20201113171705-d219536bb9fd/go.mod h1:WOJ3KddDSol4tAG
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200324210504-a9aa75ae1b89/go.mod h1:sZAwmy6armz5eXlNoLmJcl4F1QuKu7sr+mFQ0byX7Ew=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20201110183641-67b214c5f920 h1:CbnUZsM497iRC5QMVkHwyl8s2tB3g7yaSHkYPkpgelw=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20201110183641-67b214c5f920/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
+lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0 h1:mBi/5l91vocEN8otkC5bDLhi2KdCticRiwbdB0O+rjI=
+lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=
+modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.40.0 h1:P3g79IUS/93SYhtoeaHW+kRCIrYaxJ27MFPv+7kaTOw=
+modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.40.0/go.mod h1:/bTg4dnWkSXowUO6ssQKnOV0yMVxDYNIsIrzqTFDGH0=
+modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.16.13 h1:Mkgdzl46i5F/CNR/Kj80Ri59hC8TKAhZrYSaqvkwzUw=
+modernc.org/ccgo/v3 v3.16.13/go.mod h1:2Quk+5YgpImhPjv2Qsob1DnZ/4som1lJTodubIcoUkY=
+modernc.org/ccorpus v1.11.6 h1:J16RXiiqiCgua6+ZvQot4yUuUy8zxgqbqEEUuGPlISk=
+modernc.org/httpfs v1.0.6 h1:AAgIpFZRXuYnkjftxTAZwMIiwEqAfk8aVB2/oA6nAeM=
+modernc.org/libc v1.22.2 h1:4U7v51GyhlWqQmwCHj28Rdq2Yzwk55ovjFrdPjs8Hb0=
+modernc.org/libc v1.22.2/go.mod h1:uvQavJ1pZ0hIoC/jfqNoMLURIMhKzINIWypNM17puug=
+modernc.org/mathutil v1.5.0 h1:rV0Ko/6SfM+8G+yKiyI830l3Wuz1zRutdslNoQ0kfiQ=
+modernc.org/mathutil v1.5.0/go.mod h1:mZW8CKdRPY1v87qxC/wUdX5O1qDzXMP5TH3wjfpga6E=
+modernc.org/memory v1.4.0 h1:crykUfNSnMAXaOJnnxcSzbUGMqkLWjklJKkBK2nwZwk=
+modernc.org/memory v1.4.0/go.mod h1:PkUhL0Mugw21sHPeskwZW4D6VscE/GQJOnIpCnW6pSU=
+modernc.org/opt v0.1.3 h1:3XOZf2yznlhC+ibLltsDGzABUGVx8J6pnFMS3E4dcq4=
+modernc.org/opt v0.1.3/go.mod h1:WdSiB5evDcignE70guQKxYUl14mgWtbClRi5wmkkTX0=
+modernc.org/sqlite v1.20.3 h1:SqGJMMxjj1PHusLxdYxeQSodg7Jxn9WWkaAQjKrntZs=
+modernc.org/sqlite v1.20.3/go.mod h1:zKcGyrICaxNTMEHSr1HQ2GUraP0j+845GYw37+EyT6A=
+modernc.org/strutil v1.1.3 h1:fNMm+oJklMGYfU9Ylcywl0CO5O6nTfaowNsh2wpPjzY=
+modernc.org/strutil v1.1.3/go.mod h1:MEHNA7PdEnEwLvspRMtWTNnp2nnyvMfkimT1NKNAGbw=
+modernc.org/tcl v1.15.0 h1:oY+JeD11qVVSgVvodMJsu7Edf8tr5E/7tuhF5cNYz34=
+modernc.org/token v1.0.1 h1:A3qvTqOwexpfZZeyI0FeGPDlSWX5pjZu9hF4lU+EKWg=
+modernc.org/token v1.0.1/go.mod h1:UGzOrNV1mAFSEB63lOFHIpNRUVMvYTc6yu1SMY/XTDM=
+modernc.org/z v1.7.0 h1:xkDw/KepgEjeizO2sNco+hqYkU12taxQFqPEmgm1GWE=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
diff --git a/go/cmd/vtorc/main.go b/go/cmd/vtorc/main.go
index 8602d3bf38c..dae93f3fe36 100644
--- a/go/cmd/vtorc/main.go
+++ b/go/cmd/vtorc/main.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
-	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/orchestrator/app"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/orchestrator/config"
diff --git a/go/vt/orchestrator/external/golib/sqlutils/sqlutils.go b/go/vt/orchestrator/external/golib/sqlutils/sqlutils.go
index dc9709c06b6..5d3d00ef1ad 100644
--- a/go/vt/orchestrator/external/golib/sqlutils/sqlutils.go
+++ b/go/vt/orchestrator/external/golib/sqlutils/sqlutils.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const DateTimeFormat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999"
 // for easy, typed getters by column name.
 type RowMap map[string]CellData
 
-// Cell data is the result of a single (atomic) column in a single row
+// CellData is the result of a single (atomic) column in a single row
 type CellData sql.NullString
 
 func (this *CellData) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
@@ -196,22 +196,22 @@ func GetDB(mysql_uri string) (*sql.DB, bool, error) {
 	return GetGenericDB("mysql", mysql_uri)
 }
 
-// GetDB returns a SQLite DB instance based on DB file name.
+// GetSQLiteDB returns a SQLite DB instance based on DB file name.
 // bool result indicates whether the DB was returned from cache; err
 func GetSQLiteDB(dbFile string) (*sql.DB, bool, error) {
-	return GetGenericDB("sqlite3", dbFile)
+	return GetGenericDB("sqlite", dbFile)
 }
 
 // RowToArray is a convenience function, typically not called directly, which maps a
 // single read database row into a NullString
-func RowToArray(rows *sql.Rows, columns []string) []CellData {
+func RowToArray(rows *sql.Rows, columns []string) ([]CellData, error) {
 	buff := make([]any, len(columns))
 	data := make([]CellData, len(columns))
 	for i := range buff {
 		buff[i] = data[i].NullString()
 	}
-	rows.Scan(buff...)
-	return data
+	err := rows.Scan(buff...)
+	return data, err
 }
 
 // ScanRowsToArrays is a convenience function, typically not called directly, which maps rows
@@ -219,8 +219,11 @@ func RowToArray(rows *sql.Rows, columns []string) []CellData {
 func ScanRowsToArrays(rows *sql.Rows, on_row func([]CellData) error) error {
 	columns, _ := rows.Columns()
 	for rows.Next() {
-		arr := RowToArray(rows, columns)
-		err := on_row(arr)
+		arr, err := RowToArray(rows, columns)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		err = on_row(arr)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/go/vt/orchestrator/inst/instance_dao.go b/go/vt/orchestrator/inst/instance_dao.go
index 97a0ed08b8e..67fd181d409 100644
--- a/go/vt/orchestrator/inst/instance_dao.go
+++ b/go/vt/orchestrator/inst/instance_dao.go
@@ -914,9 +914,9 @@ func (byName byNamePort) Less(i, j int) bool {
 }
 
 // BulkReadInstance returns a list of all instances from the database
-// - I only need the Hostname and Port fields.
-// - I must use readInstancesByCondition to ensure all column
-//   settings are correct.
+//   - I only need the Hostname and Port fields.
+//   - I must use readInstancesByCondition to ensure all column
+//     settings are correct.
 func BulkReadInstance() ([](*InstanceKey), error) {
 	// no condition (I want all rows) and no sorting (but this is done by Hostname, Port anyway)
 	const (
diff --git a/go/vt/orchestrator/inst/keyspace_dao_test.go b/go/vt/orchestrator/inst/keyspace_dao_test.go
index 78aece75e27..94248038925 100644
--- a/go/vt/orchestrator/inst/keyspace_dao_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/orchestrator/inst/keyspace_dao_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/orchestrator/db"
 	topodatapb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/topodata"
diff --git a/go/vt/orchestrator/logic/keyspace_discovery_test.go b/go/vt/orchestrator/logic/keyspace_discovery_test.go
index f0788433665..588c66d925f 100644
--- a/go/vt/orchestrator/logic/keyspace_discovery_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/orchestrator/logic/keyspace_discovery_test.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
-	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/orchestrator/db"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/orchestrator/inst"
diff --git a/go/vt/orchestrator/process/health_dao.go b/go/vt/orchestrator/process/health_dao.go
index 0a51418fde2..3101b07f388 100644
--- a/go/vt/orchestrator/process/health_dao.go
+++ b/go/vt/orchestrator/process/health_dao.go
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 package process
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/orchestrator/config"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/orchestrator/db"