diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 60e0c7de..479a4a5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ test/tmp
 test/version_tmp
 tmp
 *.log
-*.sqlite
+*.sqlite*
 *.lock
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails71.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails71.gemfile
index 212dcb1b..e997139a 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails71.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails71.gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gemspec path: ".."
 
-gem "rails", "7.1.0.beta1"
+gem "rails", "7.1.0.rc1"
 gem "rake"
 gem "minitest"
 gem "combustion"