diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index cf5a881c..dfc147e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           - gemfile: 'gemfiles/activerecord_5.2.2.gemfile'
             ruby: '3.0' # rails 5.2 can't run on ruby 3.0
+          - gemfile: 'gemfiles/activerecord_7.0.0.gemfile'
+            ruby: '2.7'
+          - gemfile: 'gemfiles/activerecord_7.1.0.gemfile'
+            ruby: '2.7'
           - gemfile: 'gemfiles/activerecord_6.1.0.gemfile'
             ruby: 'jruby' # this *should* work. it seems like there's an issue with rails 6 on jruby.
           - gemfile: 'gemfiles/activerecord_main.gemfile'
diff --git a/Appraisals b/Appraisals
index 06150aa3..2bb71a21 100644
--- a/Appraisals
+++ b/Appraisals
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ appraise 'activerecord_7.1.0' do
 
   platforms :ruby, :mswin, :mingw do
     gem 'pg', '~> 1.5.6'
-    gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.0.1'
+    gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.7.3'
   end
 end
 
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ appraise 'activerecord_main' do
 
   platforms :ruby, :mswin, :mingw do
     gem 'pg', '~> 1.5.6'
-    gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.0.1'
+    gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.7.3'
   end
 end
diff --git a/gemfiles/activerecord_7.1.0.gemfile b/gemfiles/activerecord_7.1.0.gemfile
index bdbcf35e..72952c7b 100644
--- a/gemfiles/activerecord_7.1.0.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/activerecord_7.1.0.gemfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ end
 
 platforms :ruby, :mswin, :mingw do
   gem "pg", "~> 1.5.6"
-  gem "sqlite3", "~> 2.0.1"
+  gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.7.3"
 end
 
 gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/activerecord_main.gemfile b/gemfiles/activerecord_main.gemfile
index d1103eeb..cbc6172c 100644
--- a/gemfiles/activerecord_main.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/activerecord_main.gemfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ end
 
 platforms :ruby, :mswin, :mingw do
   gem "pg", "~> 1.5.6"
-  gem "sqlite3", "~> 2.0.1"
+  gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.7.3"
 end
 
 gemspec path: "../"