diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7b95920fd4..a6f2c7e209 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ gem 'term-ansicolor', :require => 'term/ansicolor'
 gem 'rubyzip', '~> 2.4'
 gem 'espeak-ruby', '~> 1.1.0' # Text-to-Voice
 gem 'rake', '~> 13.2'
-gem 'activerecord', '~> 7.2' 
+gem 'activerecord', '~> 8.0' 
 gem 'otr-activerecord', '~> 2.5.0'
 gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.5'
 gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.69.2', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b24caefa33..e39285a7d0 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activemodel (7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
-    activerecord (7.2.2.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    activemodel (8.0.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.1)
+    activerecord (8.0.1)
+      activemodel (= 8.0.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.1)
       timeout (>= 0.4.0)
-    activesupport (7.2.2.1)
+    activesupport (8.0.1)
       base64
       benchmark (>= 0.3)
       bigdecimal
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ GEM
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       securerandom (>= 0.3)
       tzinfo (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5)
+      uri (>= 0.13.1)
     addressable (2.8.7)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 7.0)
     ansi (1.5.0)
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ GEM
       async
     base64 (0.2.0)
     benchmark (0.4.0)
-    bigdecimal (3.1.8)
+    bigdecimal (3.1.9)
     browserstack-local (1.4.3)
     byebug (11.1.3)
     capybara (3.40.0)
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ GEM
     unicode-display_width (3.1.2)
       unicode-emoji (~> 4.0, >= 4.0.4)
     unicode-emoji (4.0.4)
+    uri (1.0.2)
     webrick (1.9.1)
     websocket (1.2.11)
     websocket-client-simple (0.6.1)
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activerecord (~> 7.2)
+  activerecord (~> 8.0)
   ansi (~> 1.5)
   async (~> 1.32)
   async-dns (~> 1.3)