diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d4052e9..84d54a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         ruby: ['3.3', '3.4', '4.0']
-        rails: ['~> 7.2.0', '~> 8.0.0', '~> 8.1.0']
+        rails: ['~> 8.0.0', '~> 8.1.0']
         activeadmin: ['~> 3.2', '~> 3.3', '~> 3.4', '~> 3.5']
     env:
       RAILS_VERSION: ${{ matrix.rails }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9001002..ccdcb76 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+ - tested against Ruby 3.3, 3.4, 4.0 and Rails 8.0, 8.1 (EOL Rails 7.2 dropped from CI)
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2026-04-09
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8826c45..fa61d1d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gemspec
 
 gem 'activeadmin', ENV.fetch('ACTIVE_ADMIN_VERSION', '~> 3.2')
-gem 'rails', ENV.fetch('RAILS_VERSION', '~> 7.1.0')
+gem 'rails', ENV.fetch('RAILS_VERSION', '~> 8.0.0')
 gem 'sprockets-rails'
 gem 'sassc-rails'