diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index cf75f89ed9..e96be29595 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', '~> 2.6'
 gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.75.2', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index aee71d0563..46035d02d7 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 (8.0.2)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.2)
+    activerecord (8.0.2)
+      activemodel (= 8.0.2)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.2)
       timeout (>= 0.4.0)
-    activesupport (7.2.2.1)
+    activesupport (8.0.2)
       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)
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ GEM
       io-endpoint
     base64 (0.2.0)
     benchmark (0.4.0)
-    bigdecimal (3.1.8)
+    bigdecimal (3.1.9)
     browserstack-local (1.4.3)
     byebug (12.0.0)
     capybara (3.40.0)
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ GEM
       regexp_parser (>= 1.5, < 3.0)
       xpath (~> 3.2)
     coderay (1.1.3)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.4)
-    connection_pool (2.4.1)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.5)
+    connection_pool (2.5.0)
     console (1.29.2)
       fiber-annotation
       fiber-local (~> 1.1)
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ GEM
     http-cookie (1.0.8)
       domain_name (~> 0.5)
     http_parser.rb (0.8.0)
-    i18n (1.14.6)
+    i18n (1.14.7)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     io-console (0.8.0)
     io-endpoint (0.15.1)
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2025.0325)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
-    minitest (5.25.4)
+    minitest (5.25.5)
     mojo_magick (0.6.8)
     msfrpc-client (1.1.2)
       msgpack (~> 1)
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ GEM
     unicode-display_width (3.1.4)
       unicode-emoji (~> 4.0, >= 4.0.4)
     unicode-emoji (4.0.4)
+    uri (1.0.3)
     webrick (1.9.1)
     websocket (1.2.11)
     websocket-client-simple (0.6.1)
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activerecord (~> 7.2)
+  activerecord (~> 8.0)
   ansi (~> 1.5)
   async (~> 1.32)
   async-dns (~> 1.4)