diff --git a/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec b/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec
index 437aa4f34..94badc3b2 100644
--- a/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec
+++ b/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.gemspec
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "activerecord", "~> 8.0.0.alpha"
+  spec.add_dependency "activerecord", "~> 8.0.0.rc1"
   spec.add_dependency "tiny_tds"
 end