diff --git a/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/SQLiteDistributedLock.cs b/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/SQLiteDistributedLock.cs
index fab1a94..0931c2c 100644
--- a/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/SQLiteDistributedLock.cs
+++ b/src/main/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite/SQLiteDistributedLock.cs
@@ -214,8 +214,13 @@ private void StartHeartBeat()
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        // Legacy path (no storage available): falls back to the shared connection.
-                        didUpdate = UpdateExpiration(_dbContext.DistributedLockRepository, newExpiry);
+                        // No storage available (e.g. the public Acquire overload): open a dedicated,
+                        // thread-safe connection to the same database so the timer thread never
+                        // touches the caller's connection.
+                        using (var heartbeatConnection = OpenDedicatedConnection())
+                        {
+                            didUpdate = UpdateExpiration(heartbeatConnection.Table<DistributedLock>(), newExpiry);
+                        }
                     }
 
                     Heartbeat?.Invoke(didUpdate);
@@ -237,6 +242,29 @@ private void StartHeartBeat()
             }, null, timerInterval, timerInterval);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Opens a dedicated, thread-safe (FullMutex) connection to the same database the caller's
+        /// context uses, for running the heartbeat off the caller's connection. Used when no storage
+        /// (and therefore no connection pool) is available.
+        /// </summary>
+        private SQLiteConnection OpenDedicatedConnection()
+        {
+            var databasePath = _dbContext.Database.DatabasePath;
+
+            var flags = SQLiteOpenFlags.ReadWrite | SQLiteOpenFlags.Create | SQLiteOpenFlags.FullMutex;
+
+            // Honour URI-style paths (e.g. the shared in-memory databases used by tests).
+            if (databasePath.StartsWith("file:", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                flags |= SQLiteOpenFlags.Uri;
+            }
+
+            return new SQLiteConnection(databasePath, flags, storeDateTimeAsTicks: true)
+            {
+                BusyTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)
+            };
+        }
+
         private bool UpdateExpiration(TableQuery<DistributedLock> tableQuery, DateTime expireAt)
         {
             var expireColumn = tableQuery.Table.FindColumnWithPropertyName(nameof(DistributedLock.ExpireAt)).Name;
diff --git a/src/test/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test/Issue79ReproFacts.cs b/src/test/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test/Issue79ReproFacts.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e8e65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test/Issue79ReproFacts.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Entities;
+using Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test.Utils;
+using System;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Hangfire.Storage.SQLite.Test
+{
+    public class Issue79ReproFacts
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        // The exact scenario from upstream issue #79 (shortened): the public Acquire overload's
+        // heartbeat must not race the consumer connection.
+        public void Use_Connection_When_Heartbeat_Fires()
+        {
+            using var database = ConnectionUtils.CreateConnection();
+
+            using var slock = SQLiteDistributedLock.Acquire("resource1", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), database,
+                new SQLiteStorageOptions { DistributedLockLifetime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1) }); // heartbeat ~200ms
+
+            var start = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            while (DateTime.UtcNow - start < TimeSpan.FromSeconds(8))
+            {
+                database.Database.Insert(new JobParameter
+                {
+                    ExpireAt = start.AddSeconds(15),
+                    JobId = 13,
+                    Name = "MyParameter",
+                    Value = "MyValue",
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}