diff --git a/odbc_adapter.gemspec b/odbc_adapter.gemspec
index 901e53f..de55624 100644
--- a/odbc_adapter.gemspec
+++ b/odbc_adapter.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
-  spec.add_dependency 'activerecord', '>= 7.1.2'
+  spec.add_dependency 'activerecord', '>= 7.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'ruby-odbc', '~> 0.99998'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '>= 1.14'