diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7b30163ec..acdb9b39b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # TODO: The following dependencies could be included by the "gemspec" command.
 # There is only one problem: gemspec puts the dependencies automatically to a
 # group (:development by default). This is not what we need.
-gem 'rails', '~> 7.0'
+gem 'rails', '~> 7.0.8'
 gem 'puma', '< 7.0'
 gem 'kaminari'
 gem 'authlogic'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 72f450dc7..3232a9dde 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,67 +1,67 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actioncable (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
-    actionmailbox (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actionmailbox (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activejob (= 7.0.8)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.8)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       mail (>= 2.7.1)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-    actionmailer (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actionmailer (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      actionview (= 7.0.8)
+      activejob (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (7.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actionpack (7.0.8)
+      actionview (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.2.4)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
-    actiontext (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actiontext (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.8)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actionview (7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubi (~> 1.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
-    activejob (7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    activejob (7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
-    activerecord (7.0.7.2)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
-    activestorage (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    activemodel (7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
+    activerecord (7.0.8)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
+    activestorage (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activejob (= 7.0.8)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
       mini_mime (>= 1.1.0)
-    activesupport (7.0.7.2)
+    activesupport (7.0.8)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
@@ -324,20 +324,20 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.2.0)
     rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
-    rails (7.0.7.2)
-      actioncable (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionmailbox (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionmailer (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actiontext (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    rails (7.0.8)
+      actioncable (= 7.0.8)
+      actionmailbox (= 7.0.8)
+      actionmailer (= 7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      actiontext (= 7.0.8)
+      actionview (= 7.0.8)
+      activejob (= 7.0.8)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.8)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.8)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 7.0.7.2)
+      railties (= 7.0.8)
     rails-dom-testing (2.2.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
       minitest
@@ -354,9 +354,9 @@ GEM
       railties (> 3.1)
     rails_serve_static_assets (0.0.5)
     rails_stdout_logging (0.0.5)
-    railties (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    railties (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       method_source
       rake (>= 12.2)
       thor (~> 1.0)
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pry-rails
   puma (< 7.0)
   rack-mini-profiler
-  rails (~> 7.0)
+  rails (~> 7.0.8)
   rails_12factor
   rails_autolink
   rdf-vocab
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index eae345992..2bb1f53fc 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 module Iqvoc
   class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
-    config.load_defaults 6.1
+    config.load_defaults 7.0
 
     # Configuration for the application, engines, and railties goes here.
     #
diff --git a/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb b/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b13ef5ed1..000000000
--- a/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
-#
-# This file eases your Rails 7.0 framework defaults upgrade.
-#
-# Uncomment each configuration one by one to switch to the new default.
-# Once your application is ready to run with all new defaults, you can remove
-# this file and set the `config.load_defaults` to `7.0`.
-#
-# Read the Guide for Upgrading Ruby on Rails for more info on each option.
-# https://guides.rubyonrails.org/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html
-
-# `button_to` view helper will render `<button>` element, regardless of whether
-# or not the content is passed as the first argument or as a block.
-# Rails.application.config.action_view.button_to_generates_button_tag = true
-
-# `stylesheet_link_tag` view helper will not render the media attribute by default.
-# Rails.application.config.action_view.apply_stylesheet_media_default = false
-
-# Change the digest class for the key generators to `OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256`.
-# Changing this default means invalidate all encrypted messages generated by
-# your application and, all the encrypted cookies. Only change this after you
-# rotated all the messages using the key rotator.
-#
-# See upgrading guide for more information on how to build a rotator.
-# https://guides.rubyonrails.org/v7.0/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html
-# Rails.application.config.active_support.key_generator_hash_digest_class = OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256
-
-# Change the digest class for ActiveSupport::Digest.
-# Changing this default means that for example Etags change and
-# various cache keys leading to cache invalidation.
-# Rails.application.config.active_support.hash_digest_class = OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256
-
-# Don't override ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone.name and use the default Ruby
-# implementation.
-# Rails.application.config.active_support.remove_deprecated_time_with_zone_name = true
-
-# Calls `Rails.application.executor.wrap` around test cases.
-# This makes test cases behave closer to an actual request or job.
-# Several features that are normally disabled in test, such as Active Record query cache
-# and asynchronous queries will then be enabled.
-# Rails.application.config.active_support.executor_around_test_case = true
-
-# Set both the `:open_timeout` and `:read_timeout` values for `:smtp` delivery method.
-# Rails.application.config.action_mailer.smtp_timeout = 5
-
-# The ActiveStorage video previewer will now use scene change detection to generate
-# better preview images (rather than the previous default of using the first frame
-# of the video).
-# Rails.application.config.active_storage.video_preview_arguments =
-#   "-vf 'select=eq(n\\,0)+eq(key\\,1)+gt(scene\\,0.015),loop=loop=-1:size=2,trim=start_frame=1' -frames:v 1 -f image2"
-
-# Automatically infer `inverse_of` for associations with a scope.
-# Rails.application.config.active_record.automatic_scope_inversing = true
-
-# Raise when running tests if fixtures contained foreign key violations
-# Rails.application.config.active_record.verify_foreign_keys_for_fixtures = true
-
-# Disable partial inserts.
-# This default means that all columns will be referenced in INSERT queries
-# regardless of whether they have a default or not.
-# Rails.application.config.active_record.partial_inserts = false
-
-# Protect from open redirect attacks in `redirect_back_or_to` and `redirect_to`.
-# Rails.application.config.action_controller.raise_on_open_redirects = true
-
-# Change the variant processor for Active Storage.
-# Changing this default means updating all places in your code that
-# generate variants to use image processing macros and ruby-vips
-# operations. See the upgrading guide for detail on the changes required.
-# The `:mini_magick` option is not deprecated; it's fine to keep using it.
-# Rails.application.config.active_storage.variant_processor = :vips
-
-# Enable parameter wrapping for JSON.
-# Previously this was set in an initializer. It's fine to keep using that initializer if you've customized it.
-# To disable parameter wrapping entirely, set this config to `false`.
-# Rails.application.config.action_controller.wrap_parameters_by_default = true
-
-# Specifies whether generated namespaced UUIDs follow the RFC 4122 standard for namespace IDs provided as a
-# `String` to `Digest::UUID.uuid_v3` or `Digest::UUID.uuid_v5` method calls.
-#
-# See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-active-support-use-rfc4122-namespaced-uuids for
-# more information.
-# Rails.application.config.active_support.use_rfc4122_namespaced_uuids = true
-
-# Change the default headers to disable browsers' flawed legacy XSS protection.
-# Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.default_headers = {
-#   "X-Frame-Options" => "SAMEORIGIN",
-#   "X-XSS-Protection" => "0",
-#   "X-Content-Type-Options" => "nosniff",
-#   "X-Download-Options" => "noopen",
-#   "X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies" => "none",
-#   "Referrer-Policy" => "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
-# }
-
-
-# ** Please read carefully, this must be configured in config/application.rb **
-# Change the format of the cache entry.
-# Changing this default means that all new cache entries added to the cache
-# will have a different format that is not supported by Rails 6.1 applications.
-# Only change this value after your application is fully deployed to Rails 7.0
-# and you have no plans to rollback.
-# When you're ready to change format, add this to `config/application.rb` (NOT this file):
-#  config.active_support.cache_format_version = 7.0
-
-
-# Cookie serializer: 2 options
-#
-# If you're upgrading and haven't set `cookies_serializer` previously, your cookie serializer
-# is `:marshal`. The default for new apps is `:json`.
-#
-# Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer = :json
-#
-#
-# To migrate an existing application to the `:json` serializer, use the `:hybrid` option.
-#
-# Rails transparently deserializes existing (Marshal-serialized) cookies on read and
-# re-writes them in the JSON format.
-#
-# It is fine to use `:hybrid` long term; you should do that until you're confident *all* your cookies
-# have been converted to JSON. To keep using `:hybrid` long term, move this config to its own
-# initializer or to `config/application.rb`.
-#
-# Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer = :hybrid
-#
-#
-# If your cookies can't yet be serialized to JSON, keep using `:marshal` for backward-compatibility.
-#
-# If you have configured the serializer elsewhere, you can remove this section of the file.
-#
-# See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_controller_overview.html#cookies for more information.
-
-# Change the return value of `ActionDispatch::Request#content_type` to the Content-Type header without modification.
-# Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.return_only_request_media_type_on_content_type = false
-
-# Active Storage `has_many_attached` relationships will default to replacing the current collection instead of appending to it.
-# Thus, to support submitting an empty collection, the `file_field` helper will render an hidden field `include_hidden` by default when `multiple_file_field_include_hidden` is set to `true`.
-# See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-active-storage-multiple-file-field-include-hidden for more information.
-# Rails.application.config.active_storage.multiple_file_field_include_hidden = true
-
-# ** Please read carefully, this must be configured in config/application.rb (NOT this file) **
-# Disables the deprecated #to_s override in some Ruby core classes
-# See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-active-support-disable-to-s-conversion for more information.
-# config.active_support.disable_to_s_conversion = true
diff --git a/iqvoc.gemspec b/iqvoc.gemspec
index 843d1ebb7..df17c5fe6 100644
--- a/iqvoc.gemspec
+++ b/iqvoc.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.description = 'iQvoc - a SKOS(-XL) vocabulary management system built on the Semantic Web'
   s.license     = 'Apache-2.0'
 
-  s.add_dependency 'rails', '~> 6.1.7', '>= 6.1.7.3'
+  s.add_dependency 'rails', '~> 7.0.8'
   s.add_dependency 'puma'
   s.add_dependency 'bootsnap'
   s.add_dependency 'bundler'