diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_factory.py b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_factory.py
index 776659e3b161089..a9abeab31936880 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_factory.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_factory.py
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ def test_sqlite_row_index(self):
         with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
             row[complex()]  # index must be int or string
 
+    def test_delete_connection_row_factory(self):
+        # gh-149738: deleting row_factory should raise an exception
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            del self.con.row_factory
+
+    def test_delete_connection_text_factory(self):
+        # gh-149738: deleting text_factory should raise an exception
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            del self.con.text_factory
+
     def test_sqlite_row_index_unicode(self):
         row = self.con.execute("select 1 as \xff").fetchone()
         self.assertEqual(row["\xff"], 1)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-05-13-06-54-41.gh-issue-149738.4BLFoH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-05-13-06-54-41.gh-issue-149738.4BLFoH.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..e62b681d716650b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-05-13-06-54-41.gh-issue-149738.4BLFoH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:mod:`sqlite3`: Disallow removing ``row_factory`` and ``text_factory`` attributes
+of a connection to prevent a crash on a query.
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
index bd44ff31b87c67b..6669dc28dd24689 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
@@ -557,6 +557,43 @@ pysqlite_connection_cursor_impl(pysqlite_Connection *self, PyObject *factory)
     return cursor;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+connection_get_row_factory(pysqlite_Connection *self, void *closure)
+{
+    return Py_NewRef(self->row_factory);
+}
+
+static int
+connection_set_row_factory(pysqlite_Connection *self, PyObject *value, void *closure)
+{
+    if (value == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError,
+                        "cannot delete row_factory attribute");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    Py_XSETREF(self->row_factory, Py_NewRef(value));
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+connection_get_text_factory(pysqlite_Connection *self, void *closure)
+{
+    return Py_NewRef(self->text_factory);
+}
+
+static int
+connection_set_text_factory(pysqlite_Connection *self, PyObject *value, void *closure)
+{
+    if (value == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError,
+                        "cannot delete text_factory attribute");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    Py_XSETREF(self->text_factory, Py_NewRef(value));
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 /*[clinic input]
 _sqlite3.Connection.blobopen as blobopen
 
@@ -2620,6 +2657,10 @@ static PyGetSetDef connection_getset[] = {
     {"in_transaction", pysqlite_connection_get_in_transaction, NULL},
     {"autocommit",  get_autocommit, set_autocommit},
     {"__text_signature__", get_sig, NULL},
+    {"row_factory", (getter)connection_get_row_factory,
+                    (setter)connection_set_row_factory},
+    {"text_factory", (getter)connection_get_text_factory,
+                     (setter)connection_set_text_factory},
     {NULL}
 };
 
@@ -2667,8 +2708,6 @@ static struct PyMemberDef connection_members[] =
     {"InternalError", _Py_T_OBJECT, offsetof(pysqlite_Connection, InternalError), Py_READONLY},
     {"ProgrammingError", _Py_T_OBJECT, offsetof(pysqlite_Connection, ProgrammingError), Py_READONLY},
     {"NotSupportedError", _Py_T_OBJECT, offsetof(pysqlite_Connection, NotSupportedError), Py_READONLY},
-    {"row_factory", _Py_T_OBJECT, offsetof(pysqlite_Connection, row_factory)},
-    {"text_factory", _Py_T_OBJECT, offsetof(pysqlite_Connection, text_factory)},
     {NULL}
 };