diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/taskinstance.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
index 55a838529da7c..24292b116ef1a 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
@@ -2247,9 +2247,8 @@ def duration_expression_update(
             return query.values(
                 {
                     "end_date": end_date,
-                    "duration": (
-                        (func.strftime("%s", end_date) - func.strftime("%s", cls.start_date))
-                        + func.round((func.strftime("%f", end_date) - func.strftime("%f", cls.start_date)), 3)
+                    "duration": func.round(
+                        (func.julianday(end_date) - func.julianday(cls.start_date)) * 86400, 3
                     ),
                 }
             )
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_taskinstance.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_taskinstance.py
index 8e9212d51d6d6..a99d14c6c8311 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_taskinstance.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_taskinstance.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext import TraceContextTextMapPropagator
-from sqlalchemy import delete, func, inspect as sa_inspect, select
+from sqlalchemy import delete, func, inspect as sa_inspect, select, update
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import load_only
 from sqlalchemy.orm.attributes import set_committed_value
@@ -1803,6 +1803,41 @@ def test_set_duration_empty_dates(self):
         ti.set_duration()
         assert ti.duration is None
 
+    @pytest.mark.backend("sqlite")
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("start_date", "end_date", "expected_duration"),
+        [
+            (
+                timezone.datetime(2026, 6, 7, 12, 0, 1, 200000),
+                timezone.datetime(2026, 6, 7, 12, 0, 3, 500000),
+                2.3,
+            ),
+            (
+                timezone.datetime(2026, 6, 7, 12, 0, 59, 200000),
+                timezone.datetime(2026, 6, 7, 12, 1, 0, 500000),
+                1.3,
+            ),
+            (
+                timezone.datetime(2026, 6, 7, 12),
+                timezone.datetime(2026, 6, 7, 13),
+                3600.0,
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_duration_expression_update_sqlite(
+        self, create_task_instance, session, start_date, end_date, expected_duration
+    ):
+        ti = create_task_instance()
+        ti.start_date = start_date
+        session.flush()
+
+        query = update(TI).where(TI.id == ti.id)
+        session.execute(TI.duration_expression_update(end_date, query, session.get_bind()))
+        ti.refresh_from_db(session=session)
+
+        assert ti.end_date == end_date
+        assert ti.duration == expected_duration
+
     def test_outlet_asset_extra(self, dag_maker: DagMaker, session: Session):
         from airflow.sdk.definitions.asset import Asset