diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index 851ba4ac86..9c92b1aa5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           - "7.0"
           - "7.1"
           - "7.2"
+          - "8.0"
         ruby:
           - "3.1"
           - "3.2"
@@ -75,6 +76,16 @@ jobs:
           - sqlite
           - postgresql
           - mariadb
+        exclude:
+          - rails: "8.0"
+            ruby: "3.1"
+            database: sqlite
+          - rails: "8.0"
+            ruby: "3.1"
+            database: postgresql
+          - rails: "8.0"
+            ruby: "3.1"
+            database: mariadb
     env:
       DB: ${{ matrix.database }}
       DB_USER: alchemy_user
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 160ac82114..884783a9f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Ruby and gems
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
-          ruby-version: "3.1"
+          ruby-version: "3.2"
           bundler-cache: true
           rubygems: "latest"
       - name: Lint Ruby files
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d5ed225ffe..e0e53dd282 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gemspec
 
-rails_version = ENV.fetch("RAILS_VERSION", "7.2")
+rails_version = ENV.fetch("RAILS_VERSION", "8.0")
 gem "rails", "~> #{rails_version}.0"
 
 if ENV["DB"].nil? || ENV["DB"] == "sqlite"
-  gem "sqlite3", (rails_version == "7.0") ? "~> 1.7.0" : "~> 2.0.0"
+  gem "sqlite3", (rails_version == "7.0") ? "~> 1.7" : "~> 2.0"
 end
 if ENV["DB"] == "mysql" || ENV["DB"] == "mariadb"
   gem "mysql2", "~> 0.5.1"
diff --git a/alchemy_cms.gemspec b/alchemy_cms.gemspec
index a8273c018f..90034ea3e5 100644
--- a/alchemy_cms.gemspec
+++ b/alchemy_cms.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
     activesupport
     railties
   ].each do |rails_gem|
-    gem.add_runtime_dependency rails_gem, [">= 7.0", "< 7.3"]
+    gem.add_runtime_dependency rails_gem, [">= 7.0", "< 8.1"]
   end
 
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "active_model_serializers", ["~> 0.10.14"]
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 95096ba9b1..7d4daee18e 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       end
     end
 
-    resource :clipboard, only: :index, controller: "clipboard" do
+    resource :clipboard, only: [], controller: "clipboard" do
       collection do
         get :index
         delete :clear
diff --git a/spec/dummy/config/application.rb b/spec/dummy/config/application.rb
index c7b10e8b29..2ad5b83e81 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/config/application.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy/config/application.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Dummy
   class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
     if config.respond_to?(:load_defaults)
-      config.load_defaults ENV["RAILS_VERSION"] || 7.2
+      config.load_defaults ENV["RAILS_VERSION"] || 8.0
     end
 
     # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
diff --git a/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb b/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb
index 676ff4a484..e76e531dbf 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.2].define(version: 2024_04_11_155901) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2024_04_11_155901) do
   create_table "alchemy_attachments", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name"
     t.string "file_name"
diff --git a/spec/libraries/forms/builder_spec.rb b/spec/libraries/forms/builder_spec.rb
index 243b16e7e8..f5f2848cb9 100644
--- a/spec/libraries/forms/builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/libraries/forms/builder_spec.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@
         "Template",
         controller: controller,
         label: "<label>",
-        text_area: "<textarea>",
+        textarea: "<textarea>",
+        text_area: "<textarea>", # need to support Rails 7
         content_tag: "<alchemy-tinymce>"
       )
     end
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@
     subject { builder.richtext(attribute) }
 
     it "uses a alchemy-tinymce" do
-      expect(template).to receive(:text_area).with(
+      receiving_method = (Rails::VERSION::MAJOR >= 8) ? :textarea : :text_area
+      expect(template).to receive(receiving_method).with(
         "Ding",
         :foo,
         hash_including(