diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/lib/db/encrypted_executor.dart b/apps/app_seeds/lib/db/encrypted_executor.dart
index 8c1f60d..5678a86 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/lib/db/encrypted_executor.dart
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/lib/db/encrypted_executor.dart
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ void useSqlCipher() {
 }
 
 DynamicLibrary _openLinuxCipher() {
-  // The dev package ships the `libsqlcipher.so` symlink; runtime packages ship
-  // only a versioned name (`.so.0`, `.so.1`, …). Try them in turn.
+  // sqlcipher_flutter_libs statically links SQLCipher inside its plugin .so and
+  // exports the sqlite3_* symbols — and it is ABI-matched to the `sqlite3` Dart
+  // package. Prefer it; the system libsqlcipher is a different build (linked to
+  // system libcrypto) and segfaults on open. Fall back to the system lib only
+  // if the bundled plugin isn't present (e.g. some test/CI layouts).
   const candidates = [
+    'libsqlcipher_flutter_libs_plugin.so',
     'libsqlcipher.so',
     'libsqlcipher.so.1',
     'libsqlcipher.so.0',