diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_types.py b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_types.py
index 62318823510d40..5e0ff353cbbd6b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_types.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sqlite3/test_types.py
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ def test_string_with_surrogates(self):
     @unittest.skipUnless(sys.maxsize > 2**32, 'requires 64bit platform')
     @support.bigmemtest(size=2**31, memuse=4, dry_run=False)
     def test_too_large_string(self, maxsize):
-        with self.assertRaises(sqlite.InterfaceError):
+        with self.assertRaises(sqlite.DataError):
             self.cur.execute("insert into test(s) values (?)", ('x'*(2**31-1),))
-        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+        with self.assertRaises(sqlite.DataError):
             self.cur.execute("insert into test(s) values (?)", ('x'*(2**31),))
         self.cur.execute("select 1 from test")
         row = self.cur.fetchone()
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ def test_too_large_string(self, maxsize):
     @unittest.skipUnless(sys.maxsize > 2**32, 'requires 64bit platform')
     @support.bigmemtest(size=2**31, memuse=3, dry_run=False)
     def test_too_large_blob(self, maxsize):
-        with self.assertRaises(sqlite.InterfaceError):
+        with self.assertRaises(sqlite.DataError):
             self.cur.execute("insert into test(s) values (?)", (b'x'*(2**31-1),))
-        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+        with self.assertRaises(sqlite.DataError):
             self.cur.execute("insert into test(s) values (?)", (b'x'*(2**31),))
         self.cur.execute("select 1 from test")
         row = self.cur.fetchone()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-11-21-19-21-30.gh-issue-99659.4gP0nm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-11-21-19-21-30.gh-issue-99659.4gP0nm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3db1ec12b5202e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-11-21-19-21-30.gh-issue-99659.4gP0nm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Optional big memory tests in ``test_sqlite3`` now catch the correct
+:exc:`sqlite.DataError` exception type in case of too large strings and/or
+blobs passed.