diff --git a/gemfiles/rails-6.1.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails-6.1.gemfile
index 4f4e654f1b..8bb56a3417 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails-6.1.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails-6.1.gemfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
+# See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79360526
+gem 'concurrent-ruby', '< 1.3.5'
+
 gem 'actionpack', '~> 6.1'
 gem 'activemodel', '~> 6.1'
 
diff --git a/lib/mongoid/version.rb b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
index 5cef5961de..1653aa3896 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Mongoid
-  VERSION = "8.1.9"
+  VERSION = "8.1.10"
 end
diff --git a/spec/integration/app_spec.rb b/spec/integration/app_spec.rb
index 28f35562be..0b0b8ec180 100644
--- a/spec/integration/app_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/app_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ def check_call(cmd, **opts)
       skip 'Set APP_TESTS=1 in environment to run application tests'
     end
 
+    if SpecConfig.instance.rails_version < '7.1'
+      skip 'App tests require Rails > 7.0 (see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79360526)'
+    end
+
     require 'fileutils'
     require 'mrss/child_process_helper'
     require 'open-uri'