diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatement.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatement.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f109cb647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+package org.github.tursodatabase.jdbc4;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.sql.Array;
+import java.sql.Blob;
+import java.sql.Clob;
+import java.sql.Date;
+import java.sql.NClob;
+import java.sql.ParameterMetaData;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.Ref;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
+import java.sql.RowId;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.SQLXML;
+import java.sql.Time;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import org.github.tursodatabase.annotations.SkipNullableCheck;
+import org.github.tursodatabase.core.LimboConnection;
+
+public class JDBC4PreparedStatement extends JDBC4Statement implements PreparedStatement {
+
+  private final String sql;
+
+  public JDBC4PreparedStatement(LimboConnection connection, String sql) throws SQLException {
+    super(connection);
+
+    this.sql = sql;
+    this.statement = connection.prepare(sql);
+    this.statement.initializeColumnMetadata();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ResultSet executeQuery() throws SQLException {
+    // TODO: check bindings etc
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    return new JDBC4ResultSet(this.statement.getResultSet());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int executeUpdate() throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setNull(int parameterIndex, int sqlType) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindNull(parameterIndex);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBoolean(int parameterIndex, boolean x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindInt(parameterIndex, x ? 1 : 0);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setByte(int parameterIndex, byte x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindInt(parameterIndex, x);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setShort(int parameterIndex, short x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindInt(parameterIndex, x);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setInt(int parameterIndex, int x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindInt(parameterIndex, x);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setLong(int parameterIndex, long x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindLong(parameterIndex, x);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setFloat(int parameterIndex, float x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindDouble(parameterIndex, x);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setDouble(int parameterIndex, double x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindDouble(parameterIndex, x);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBigDecimal(int parameterIndex, BigDecimal x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindText(parameterIndex, x.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setString(int parameterIndex, String x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindText(parameterIndex, x);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBytes(int parameterIndex, byte[] x) throws SQLException {
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    this.statement.bindBlob(parameterIndex, x);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setDate(int parameterIndex, Date x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setTime(int parameterIndex, Time x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setTimestamp(int parameterIndex, Timestamp x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setAsciiStream(int parameterIndex, InputStream x, int length) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setUnicodeStream(int parameterIndex, InputStream x, int length) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBinaryStream(int parameterIndex, InputStream x, int length) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void clearParameters() throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x, int targetSqlType) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean execute() throws SQLException {
+    // TODO: check whether this is sufficient
+    requireNonNull(this.statement);
+    return statement.execute();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void addBatch() throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setCharacterStream(int parameterIndex, Reader reader, int length)
+      throws SQLException {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void setRef(int parameterIndex, Ref x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBlob(int parameterIndex, Blob x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setClob(int parameterIndex, Clob x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setArray(int parameterIndex, Array x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @SkipNullableCheck
+  public ResultSetMetaData getMetaData() throws SQLException {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setDate(int parameterIndex, Date x, Calendar cal) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setTime(int parameterIndex, Time x, Calendar cal) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setTimestamp(int parameterIndex, Timestamp x, Calendar cal) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setNull(int parameterIndex, int sqlType, String typeName) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setURL(int parameterIndex, URL x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @SkipNullableCheck
+  public ParameterMetaData getParameterMetaData() throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setRowId(int parameterIndex, RowId x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setNString(int parameterIndex, String value) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setNCharacterStream(int parameterIndex, Reader value, long length)
+      throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setNClob(int parameterIndex, NClob value) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setClob(int parameterIndex, Reader reader, long length) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBlob(int parameterIndex, InputStream inputStream, long length)
+      throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setNClob(int parameterIndex, Reader reader, long length) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setSQLXML(int parameterIndex, SQLXML xmlObject) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x, int targetSqlType, int scaleOrLength)
+      throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setAsciiStream(int parameterIndex, InputStream x, long length) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBinaryStream(int parameterIndex, InputStream x, long length) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setCharacterStream(int parameterIndex, Reader reader, long length)
+      throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setAsciiStream(int parameterIndex, InputStream x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBinaryStream(int parameterIndex, InputStream x) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setCharacterStream(int parameterIndex, Reader reader) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setNCharacterStream(int parameterIndex, Reader value) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setClob(int parameterIndex, Reader reader) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBlob(int parameterIndex, InputStream inputStream) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setNClob(int parameterIndex, Reader reader) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4Statement.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4Statement.java
index 3965e3cae..729134a44 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4Statement.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4Statement.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import org.github.tursodatabase.core.LimboStatement;
 public class JDBC4Statement implements Statement {
 
   private final LimboConnection connection;
-  @Nullable private LimboStatement statement = null;
+  @Nullable protected LimboStatement statement = null;
 
   // Because JDBC4Statement has different life cycle in compared to LimboStatement, let's use this
   // field to manage JDBC4Statement lifecycle
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/utils/CommonUtils.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/utils/CommonUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b2adaacc2..000000000
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/org/github/tursodatabase/utils/CommonUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package org.github.tursodatabase.utils;
-
-import org.github.tursodatabase.annotations.Nullable;
-
-public class CommonUtils {
-
-  public static <T> T requireNotNull(@Nullable T obj) {
-    return requireNotNull(obj, obj + " must not be null");
-  }
-
-  public static <T> T requireNotNull(@Nullable T obj, String message) {
-    if (obj != null) return obj;
-    throw new IllegalArgumentException(message);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/test/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatementTest.java b/bindings/java/src/test/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatementTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57a9b312b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/java/src/test/java/org/github/tursodatabase/jdbc4/JDBC4PreparedStatementTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+package org.github.tursodatabase.jdbc4;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import org.github.tursodatabase.TestUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class JDBC4PreparedStatementTest {
+
+  private JDBC4Connection connection;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  void setUp() throws Exception {
+    String filePath = TestUtils.createTempFile();
+    String url = "jdbc:sqlite:" + filePath;
+    connection = new JDBC4Connection(url, filePath, new Properties());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetBoolean() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col INTEGER)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setBoolean(1, true);
+    stmt.setBoolean(2, false);
+    stmt.setBoolean(3, true);
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertTrue(rs.getBoolean(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertFalse(rs.getBoolean(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertTrue(rs.getBoolean(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetByte() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col INTEGER)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setByte(1, (byte) 1);
+    stmt.setByte(2, (byte) 2);
+    stmt.setByte(3, (byte) 3);
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(1, rs.getByte(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(2, rs.getByte(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(3, rs.getByte(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetShort() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col INTEGER)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setShort(1, (short) 1);
+    stmt.setShort(2, (short) 2);
+    stmt.setShort(3, (short) 3);
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(1, rs.getShort(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(2, rs.getShort(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(3, rs.getShort(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetInt() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col INTEGER)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setInt(1, 1);
+    stmt.setInt(2, 2);
+    stmt.setInt(3, 3);
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(1, rs.getInt(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(2, rs.getInt(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(3, rs.getInt(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetLong() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col INTEGER)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setLong(1, 1L);
+    stmt.setLong(2, 2L);
+    stmt.setLong(3, 3L);
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(1L, rs.getLong(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(2L, rs.getLong(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(3L, rs.getLong(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetFloat() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col REAL)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setFloat(1, 1.0f);
+    stmt.setFloat(2, 2.0f);
+    stmt.setFloat(3, 3.0f);
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(1.0f, rs.getFloat(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(2.0f, rs.getFloat(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(3.0f, rs.getFloat(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetDouble() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col REAL)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setDouble(1, 1.0);
+    stmt.setDouble(2, 2.0);
+    stmt.setDouble(3, 3.0);
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(1.0, rs.getDouble(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(2.0, rs.getDouble(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(3.0, rs.getDouble(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetBigDecimal() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col TEXT)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setBigDecimal(1, new BigDecimal("1.0"));
+    stmt.setBigDecimal(2, new BigDecimal("2.0"));
+    stmt.setBigDecimal(3, new BigDecimal("3.0"));
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals("1.0", rs.getString(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals("2.0", rs.getString(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals("3.0", rs.getString(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetString() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col TEXT)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setString(1, "test1");
+    stmt.setString(2, "test2");
+    stmt.setString(3, "test3");
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals("test1", rs.getString(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals("test2", rs.getString(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals("test3", rs.getString(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSetBytes() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col BLOB)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt =
+        connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col) VALUES (?), (?), (?)");
+    stmt.setBytes(1, new byte[] {1, 2, 3});
+    stmt.setBytes(2, new byte[] {4, 5, 6});
+    stmt.setBytes(3, new byte[] {7, 8, 9});
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertArrayEquals(new byte[] {1, 2, 3}, rs.getBytes(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertArrayEquals(new byte[] {4, 5, 6}, rs.getBytes(1));
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertArrayEquals(new byte[] {7, 8, 9}, rs.getBytes(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testInsertMultipleTypes() throws SQLException {
+    connection.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE test (col1 INTEGER, col2 REAL, col3 TEXT, col4 BLOB)").execute();
+    PreparedStatement stmt = connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO test (col1, col2, col3, col4) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?), (?, ?, ?, ?)");
+
+    stmt.setInt(1, 1);
+    stmt.setFloat(2, 1.1f);
+    stmt.setString(3, "row1");
+    stmt.setBytes(4, new byte[] {1, 2, 3});
+
+    stmt.setInt(5, 2);
+    stmt.setFloat(6, 2.2f);
+    stmt.setString(7, "row2");
+    stmt.setBytes(8, new byte[] {4, 5, 6});
+
+    stmt.execute();
+
+    PreparedStatement stmt2 = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM test;");
+    ResultSet rs = stmt2.executeQuery();
+
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(1, rs.getInt(1));
+    assertEquals(1.1f, rs.getFloat(2));
+    assertEquals("row1", rs.getString(3));
+    assertArrayEquals(new byte[] {1, 2, 3}, rs.getBytes(4));
+
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals(2, rs.getInt(1));
+    assertEquals(2.2f, rs.getFloat(2));
+    assertEquals("row2", rs.getString(3));
+    assertArrayEquals(new byte[] {4, 5, 6}, rs.getBytes(4));
+  }
+}