diff --git a/_config/routes.yml b/_config/routes.yml
index 65ef08e18..fda36ecab 100644
--- a/_config/routes.yml
+++ b/_config/routes.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ After:
 SilverStripe\Control\Director:
   rules:
     'admin': 'SilverStripe\Admin\AdminRootController'
+  must_use_primary_db_rules:
+    - admin
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4f1d8c70b..16c9357f6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
-        "silverstripe/framework": "^5.3",
+        "silverstripe/framework": "^5.4",
         "silverstripe/versioned": "^2",
         "silverstripe/vendor-plugin": "^2"
     },