diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1e43488..370a586 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -20,32 +20,33 @@ jobs:
           - ruby: "2.6"
           - ruby: "2.7"
           - ruby: "3.0"
+            db_gem_version: "~> 1.4" # fixes sqlite3 gem dependency issue
           - ruby: "3.1"
           - ruby: "3.2"
           - ruby: "3.3"
           ### TEST RAILS VERSIONS
           - ruby: "2.6"
-            env:
-              RAILS_VERSION: "5.2"
+            rails_version: "~> 5.2"
           - ruby: "2.6"
-            env:
-              RAILS_VERSION: "6.0"
+            rails_version: "~> 6.0"
           - ruby: "2.6"
-            env:
-              RAILS_VERSION: "6.1"
+            rails_version: "~> 6.1"
           - ruby: "3.3"
-            env:
-              RAILS_VERSION: "7.0"
+            rails_version: "~> 7.0"
           - ruby: "3.3"
-            env:
-              RAILS_VERSION: "7.1"
+            rails_version: "~> 7.1"
           - ruby: "3.3"
-            env:
-              RAILS_VERSION: "7.2"
+            rails_version: "~> 7.2"
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+    - name: Set env variables
+      run: |
+        echo "RAILS_VERSION=${{ matrix.rails_version }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "DB_GEM=${{ matrix.db_gem }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "DB_GEM_VERSION=${{ matrix.db_gem_version }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
     - name: Install ruby
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e82190b..3dfa7f9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ def get_env(name)
 end
 
 gem "rails", get_env("RAILS_VERSION")
-gem "sqlite3"
+
+db_gem = get_env("DB_GEM") || "sqlite3"
+gem db_gem, get_env("DB_GEM_VERSION")
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem "sprockets-rails" ### just for dummy app