diff --git a/instrumentation/pg/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg.gemspec b/instrumentation/pg/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg.gemspec
index 8ac730c83..36fbec863 100644
--- a/instrumentation/pg/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/pg/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-helpers-sql-obfuscation'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'activerecord', '< 7.2.0', '> 6.1.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'activerecord', '> 6.1.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 2.4'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.0'