diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index dd920c3f..4a243071 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        rails: ["~> 7.0.0", "~> 6.1.0", "~> 6.0.0"]
+        rails: ["~> 7.1.0", "~> 7.0.0", "~> 6.1.0", "~> 6.0.0"]
         ruby: ["3.2.2", "3.1.4", "3.0.6", "2.7.8"]
         include:
           - ruby: 3.2
             rails: 'edge'
+          - ruby: 3.2
+            rails: '~> 7.1.0'
           # single test failure with jruby
           #- ruby: jruby-9.4
           #  rails: '~> 7.0.0'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e93e080..ebd6ac81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # paranoia Changelog
 
+## 2.6.3
+
+* [#548](https://github.com/rubysherpas/paranoia/pull/441) Add support for [Rails 7.1](https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.1.0) (#441)
+  
+  [Indyarocks](https://github.com/indyarocks)
+
 ## 2.6.2
 
 * [#441](https://github.com/rubysherpas/paranoia/pull/441) Recursive restore with has_many/one through assocs (#441) 
diff --git a/lib/paranoia/version.rb b/lib/paranoia/version.rb
index afe1017d..5c5c433d 100644
--- a/lib/paranoia/version.rb
+++ b/lib/paranoia/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Paranoia
-  VERSION = '2.6.2'.freeze
+  VERSION = '2.6.3'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/paranoia.gemspec b/paranoia.gemspec
index 3efc2fb1..8e89bb40 100644
--- a/paranoia.gemspec
+++ b/paranoia.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.5'
 
-  s.add_dependency 'activerecord', '>= 5.1', '< 7.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'activerecord', '>= 5.1', '< 7.2'
 
   s.add_development_dependency "bundler", ">= 1.0.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake"