diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a5bd605..970f03a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,22 +11,19 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ruby: [2.7, '3.0']
+        ruby: ['2.7', '3.0', '3.1', '3.2', '3.3']
         gemfile:
+          - rails_7.1
           - rails_7.0
           - rails_6.1
           - rails_6.0
-          - rails_5.2
-        exclude:
-          - ruby: '3.0'
-            gemfile: rails_5.2
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       BUNDLE_GEMFILE: ${{ github.workspace }}/gemfiles/${{ matrix.gemfile }}.gemfile
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
         ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
         bundler-cache: true # runs 'bundle install' and caches installed gems automatically
-    - run: bundle exec rake db:create db:schema:load test
\ No newline at end of file
+    - run: bundle exec rake db:create db:schema:load test
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2903abf..d927810 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ test/**/Gemfile.lock
 *.iml
 *.sqlite3
 .tool-versions
+gems.locked
+gemfiles/*.lock
+
diff --git a/Appraisals b/Appraisals
index 1608e44..a5dd337 100644
--- a/Appraisals
+++ b/Appraisals
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-appraise "rails-6.0" do
-    gem "actionpack", "~> 6.0.0"
-    gem "activerecord", "~> 6.0.0"
-end
-appraise "rails-6.1" do
-    gem "actionpack", "~> 6.1.0"
-    gem "activerecord", "~> 6.1.0"
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+appraise 'rails-6.0' do
+  gem 'actionpack', '~> 6.0.0'
+  gem 'activerecord', '~> 6.0.0'
+  gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4.0'
 end
-appraise "rails-7.0" do
-    gem "actionpack", "~> 7.0.0"
-    gem "activerecord", "~> 7.0.0"
-    gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4.0"
+
+appraise 'rails-6.1' do
+  gem 'actionpack', '~> 6.1.0'
+  gem 'activerecord', '~> 6.1.0'
+  gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4.0'
 end
 
-appraise "rails-5.2" do
-    gem "actionpack", "~> 5.2.0"
-    gem "activerecord", "~> 5.2.0"
-    gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.3.8"
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+appraise 'rails-7.0' do
+  gem 'actionpack', '~> 7.0.0'
+  gem 'activerecord', '~> 7.0.0'
+  gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4.0'
+end
+appraise 'rails-7.1' do
+  gem 'actionpack', '~> 7.1.0'
+  gem 'activerecord', '~> 7.q.0'
+  gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4.0'
+end
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 07e03de..f9604e0 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
   t.test_files = FileList["test/**/*_test.rb"]
 end
 
-begin
-  require File.expand_path("test/dummy/config/application", __dir__)
-  Rails.application.load_tasks
-rescue LoadError
-end
+require File.expand_path("test/dummy/config/application", __dir__)
+Rails.application.load_tasks
 
 desc "Running Tests"
 task default: :test
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_6.0.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_6.0.gemfile
index 1cb0f81..01a3a8c 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_6.0.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_6.0.gemfile
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+gem "appraisal"
+gem "minitest-capybara"
 gem "cells-erb"
 gem "cells-rails"
 gem "reform-rails"
 gem "trailblazer"
 gem "trailblazer-cells"
-gem "trailblazer-loader"
-gem "sqlite3"
-gem "minitest-capybara"
-gem "appraisal"
 gem "actionpack", "~> 6.0.0"
 gem "activerecord", "~> 6.0.0"
+gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4.0"
 
 gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_6.1.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_6.1.gemfile
index 2cc837f..08aa33e 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_6.1.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_6.1.gemfile
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+gem "appraisal"
+gem "minitest-capybara"
 gem "cells-erb"
 gem "cells-rails"
 gem "reform-rails"
 gem "trailblazer"
 gem "trailblazer-cells"
-gem "trailblazer-loader"
-gem "sqlite3"
-gem "minitest-capybara"
-gem "appraisal"
 gem "actionpack", "~> 6.1.0"
 gem "activerecord", "~> 6.1.0"
+gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4.0"
 
 gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.0.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_7.0.gemfile
index e774ea3..fbe91c9 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_7.0.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.0.gemfile
@@ -2,22 +2,15 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+gem "appraisal"
+gem "minitest-capybara"
 gem "cells-erb"
 gem "cells-rails"
 gem "reform-rails"
 gem "trailblazer"
 gem "trailblazer-cells"
-gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4.0"
-gem "minitest-capybara"
-gem "appraisal"
 gem "actionpack", "~> 7.0.0"
 gem "activerecord", "~> 7.0.0"
-
-# gem "trailblazer-macro", path: "../../trailblazer-macro"
-# gem "trailblazer-macro-contract", path: "../../trailblazer-macro-contract"
-# gem "trailblazer-activity", path: "../../trailblazer-activity"
-# gem "trailblazer-operation", path: "../../trailblazer-operation"
-# gem "trailblazer-developer", path: "../../trailblazer-developer"
-# gem "trailblazer-activity-dsl-linear", path: "../../trailblazer-activity-dsl-linear"
+gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4.0"
 
 gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_5.2.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile
similarity index 67%
rename from gemfiles/rails_5.2.gemfile
rename to gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile
index 73ef0ce..303131d 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_5.2.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+gem "appraisal"
+gem "minitest-capybara"
 gem "cells-erb"
 gem "cells-rails"
 gem "reform-rails"
 gem "trailblazer"
 gem "trailblazer-cells"
-gem "trailblazer-loader"
-gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.3.8"
-gem "minitest-capybara"
-gem "appraisal"
-gem "actionpack", "~> 5.2.0"
-gem "activerecord", "~> 5.2.0"
+gem "actionpack", "~> 7.1.0"
+gem "activerecord", "~> 7.q.0"
+gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4.0"
 
 gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gems.rb b/gems.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87345ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gems.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+gemspec
+
+gem 'appraisal'
+gem 'minitest-capybara'
+gem "cells-erb"
+gem "cells-rails"
+gem "reform-rails"
+gem "trailblazer"
+gem "trailblazer-cells"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/dummy/app/models/song.rb b/test/dummy/app/models/song.rb
index 7c9dbf0..bd4aa53 100644
--- a/test/dummy/app/models/song.rb
+++ b/test/dummy/app/models/song.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 class Song < ApplicationRecord
+
+  def inspect
+    # this makes the output consistent across Ruby versions
+    title = self.title.present? ? "\"#{self.title}\"" : "nil"
+    id = self.id.present? ? self.id : "nil"
+    %{#<Song id: #{id}, title: #{title}>}
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/dummy/config/application.rb b/test/dummy/config/application.rb
index 086004e..f574066 100644
--- a/test/dummy/config/application.rb
+++ b/test/dummy/config/application.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 module TrailblazerTestApp
   class Application < Rails::Application
     config.load_defaults Rails.gem_version.to_s.split(".")[0..1].join(".")
-    config.active_record.legacy_connection_handling = false if Rails.gem_version >= Gem::Version.new("6.1")
     config.cache_classes = true
     config.eager_load = false
     config.serve_static_files = false
diff --git a/test/dummy/config/database.yml b/test/dummy/config/database.yml
index 92b6398..1ca5fe1 100644
--- a/test/dummy/config/database.yml
+++ b/test/dummy/config/database.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-default: &default
+test:
   adapter: sqlite3
   pool: 5
   timeout: 5000
-
-# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
-# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
-test:
-  <<: *default
   database: db/test.sqlite3
diff --git a/test/integration/artists_controller_test.rb b/test/integration/artists_controller_test.rb
index 9e77a81..baa929a 100644
--- a/test/integration/artists_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/artists_controller_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "test_helper"
+require 'minitest/capybara'
 
 class ArtistsControllerTest < Minitest::Capybara::Spec
   it "cell: Artist::Cell::Dashboard" do
diff --git a/test/integration/cells_controller_test.rb b/test/integration/cells_controller_test.rb
index ddcc3b1..9a3e522 100644
--- a/test/integration/cells_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/cells_controller_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "test_helper"
+require 'minitest/capybara'
 
 class CellsControllerTest < Minitest::Capybara::Spec
   it "" do
diff --git a/test/integration/songs_controller_test.rb b/test/integration/songs_controller_test.rb
index b722aad..72b8c0c 100644
--- a/test/integration/songs_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/songs_controller_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "test_helper"
+require 'minitest/capybara'
 
 class SongsControllerTest < Minitest::Capybara::Spec
   it "new" do
diff --git a/trailblazer-rails.gemspec b/trailblazer-rails.gemspec
index 980156c..dedb783 100644
--- a/trailblazer-rails.gemspec
+++ b/trailblazer-rails.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-lib = File.expand_path("lib", __dir__)
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
-require "trailblazer/rails/version"
+require_relative "lib/trailblazer/rails/version"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = "trailblazer-rails"
@@ -15,10 +13,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test)/}) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "railties", ">= 5.2.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "railties", ">= 6.0.0"
   spec.add_dependency "trailblazer", ">= 2.1.0", "< 2.2.0"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler"
   spec.add_development_dependency "minitest"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "capybara"
 end