diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/introspection.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/introspection.py
index 4f12ade114..90ed83fa08 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/introspection.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/introspection.py
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ class SpatiaLiteIntrospection(DatabaseIntrospection):
         cursor = self.connection.cursor()
         try:
             # Querying the `geometry_columns` table to get additional metadata.
-            cursor.execute('SELECT "coord_dimension", "srid", "type" '
-                           'FROM "geometry_columns" '
-                           'WHERE "f_table_name"=%s AND "f_geometry_column"=%s',
+            type_col = 'type' if self.connection.ops.spatial_version < (4, 0, 0) else 'geometry_type'
+            cursor.execute('SELECT coord_dimension, srid, %s '
+                           'FROM geometry_columns '
+                           'WHERE f_table_name=%%s AND f_geometry_column=%%s' % type_col,
                            (table_name, geo_col))
             row = cursor.fetchone()
             if not row: