diff --git a/manageiq-gems-pending.gemspec b/manageiq-gems-pending.gemspec
index d4a070ae0..21cce85f9 100644
--- a/manageiq-gems-pending.gemspec
+++ b/manageiq-gems-pending.gemspec
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_ruby_version = "> 2.4"
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency "activerecord",            "< 5.3"
-  s.add_runtime_dependency "activesupport",           "< 5.3"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "activerecord",            "~> 6.0"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "activesupport",           "~> 6.0"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "awesome_spawn",           "~> 1.5"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "aws-sdk-s3",              "~> 1.0"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "binary_struct",           "~> 2.1"