diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index aa1a95aeb..79b850124 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         ruby: [ '2.7', '3.0', '3.1', '3.2' ]
-        rails: [ '5_0', '5_1', '5_2', '6_0', '6_1', '7_0' ]
+        rails: [ '5_0', '5_1', '5_2', '6_0', '6_1', '7_0', '7_1' ]
         database: [ 'mysql2', 'postgresql' ]
         sphinx_version: [ '2.2.11', '3.4.1' ]
         sphinx_engine: [ 'sphinx' ]
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         ruby: [ '2.7', '3.0', '3.1', '3.2' ]
-        rails: [ '5_0', '5_1', '5_2', '6_0', '6_1', '7_0' ]
+        rails: [ '5_0', '5_1', '5_2', '6_0', '6_1', '7_0', '7_1' ]
         database: [ 'mysql2', 'postgresql' ]
         sphinx_version: [ '4.0.2', '6.0.0' ]
         sphinx_engine: [ 'manticore' ]
diff --git a/Appraisals b/Appraisals
index 1dc1d01f7..59cda54c2 100644
--- a/Appraisals
+++ b/Appraisals
@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ appraise 'rails_7_0' do
   gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.5.0', :platform => :ruby
   gem 'pg',     '~> 1.0',   :platform => :ruby
 end if RUBY_PLATFORM != 'java' && RUBY_VERSION.to_f >= 2.7
+
+appraise 'rails_7_1' do
+  gem 'rails',  '~> 7.1.0'
+  gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.5.0', :platform => :ruby
+  gem 'pg',     '~> 1.0',   :platform => :ruby
+end if RUBY_PLATFORM != 'java' && RUBY_VERSION.to_f >= 2.7
diff --git a/lib/thinking_sphinx/active_record/filter_reflection.rb b/lib/thinking_sphinx/active_record/filter_reflection.rb
index d72f42218..816520b0e 100644
--- a/lib/thinking_sphinx/active_record/filter_reflection.rb
+++ b/lib/thinking_sphinx/active_record/filter_reflection.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord::FilterReflection
   ReflectionGenerator = case ActiveRecord::VERSION::STRING.to_f
-  when 5.2..7.0
+  when 5.2..7.1
     ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord::Depolymorph::OverriddenReflection
   when 4.1..5.1
     ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord::Depolymorph::AssociationReflection
diff --git a/lib/thinking_sphinx/active_record/log_subscriber.rb b/lib/thinking_sphinx/active_record/log_subscriber.rb
index c610ec982..7187b6ce3 100644
--- a/lib/thinking_sphinx/active_record/log_subscriber.rb
+++ b/lib/thinking_sphinx/active_record/log_subscriber.rb
@@ -2,24 +2,36 @@
 
 class ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord::LogSubscriber < ActiveSupport::LogSubscriber
   def guard(event)
-    identifier = color 'Sphinx', GREEN, true
+    identifier = colored_text "Sphinx"
     warn "  #{identifier}  #{event.payload[:guard]}"
   end
 
   def message(event)
-    identifier = color 'Sphinx', GREEN, true
+    identifier = colored_text "Sphinx"
     debug "  #{identifier}  #{event.payload[:message]}"
   end
 
   def query(event)
-    identifier = color('Sphinx Query (%.1fms)' % event.duration, GREEN, true)
+    identifier = colored_text("Sphinx Query (%.1fms)" % event.duration)
     debug "  #{identifier}  #{event.payload[:query]}"
   end
 
   def caution(event)
-    identifier = color 'Sphinx', GREEN, true
+    identifier = colored_text "Sphinx"
     warn "  #{identifier}  #{event.payload[:caution]}"
   end
+
+  private
+
+  if Rails.gem_version >= Gem::Version.new("7.1.0")
+    def colored_text(text)
+      color text, GREEN, bold: true
+    end
+  else
+    def colored_text(text)
+      color text, GREEN, true
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord::LogSubscriber.attach_to :thinking_sphinx
diff --git a/spec/thinking_sphinx/active_record/callbacks/update_callbacks_spec.rb b/spec/thinking_sphinx/active_record/callbacks/update_callbacks_spec.rb
index d13a40e50..9186683b1 100644
--- a/spec/thinking_sphinx/active_record/callbacks/update_callbacks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thinking_sphinx/active_record/callbacks/update_callbacks_spec.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module Callbacks; end
 
     it "builds an update query with only updateable attributes that have changed" do
       expect(Riddle::Query).to receive(:update).
-        with('article_core', 3, 'bar' => 7).and_return('SphinxQL')
+        with('article_core', 3, { 'bar' => 7 }).and_return('SphinxQL')
 
       callbacks.after_update
     end
diff --git a/spec/thinking_sphinx/active_record/interpreter_spec.rb b/spec/thinking_sphinx/active_record/interpreter_spec.rb
index d408324df..68d61f19e 100644
--- a/spec/thinking_sphinx/active_record/interpreter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thinking_sphinx/active_record/interpreter_spec.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
     it "passes through options to the attribute" do
       expect(ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord::Attribute).to receive(:new).
-        with(model, column, :as => :other_name).and_return(attribute)
+        with(model, column, { :as => :other_name }).and_return(attribute)
 
       instance.has column, :as => :other_name
     end
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
     it "passes through options to the field" do
       expect(ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord::Field).to receive(:new).
-        with(model, column, :as => :other_name).and_return(field)
+        with(model, column, { :as => :other_name }).and_return(field)
 
       instance.indexes column, :as => :other_name
     end
@@ -230,19 +230,19 @@
     end
 
     it "sends through a hash if provided" do
-      expect(source).to receive(:set_database_settings).with(:foo => :bar)
+      expect(source).to receive(:set_database_settings).with({ :foo => :bar })
 
       instance.set_database :foo => :bar
     end
 
     it "finds the environment settings if given a string key" do
-      expect(source).to receive(:set_database_settings).with(:baz => 'qux')
+      expect(source).to receive(:set_database_settings).with({ :baz => 'qux' })
 
       instance.set_database 'other'
     end
 
     it "finds the environment settings if given a symbol key" do
-      expect(source).to receive(:set_database_settings).with(:baz => 'qux')
+      expect(source).to receive(:set_database_settings).with({ :baz => 'qux' })
 
       instance.set_database :other
     end
diff --git a/spec/thinking_sphinx/excerpter_spec.rb b/spec/thinking_sphinx/excerpter_spec.rb
index f27a626b9..abb6e0ae7 100644
--- a/spec/thinking_sphinx/excerpter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thinking_sphinx/excerpter_spec.rb
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
         :before_match => '<b>', :chunk_separator => ' -- ')
 
       expect(Riddle::Query).to receive(:snippets).
-        with('all of the words', 'index', 'all words',
+        with('all of the words', 'index', 'all words', {
           :before_match => '<b>', :after_match => '</span>',
-          :chunk_separator => ' -- ').
+          :chunk_separator => ' -- '
+        }).
         and_return('CALL SNIPPETS')
 
       excerpter.excerpt!('all of the words')
diff --git a/spec/thinking_sphinx/index_spec.rb b/spec/thinking_sphinx/index_spec.rb
index 0fd41eb67..7d16e2767 100644
--- a/spec/thinking_sphinx/index_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thinking_sphinx/index_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
       it "creates an ActiveRecord index" do
         expect(ThinkingSphinx::ActiveRecord::Index).to receive(:new).
-          with(:user, :with => :active_record).and_return index
+          with(:user, { :with => :active_record }).and_return index
 
         ThinkingSphinx::Index.define(:user, :with => :active_record)
       end
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
       it "creates a real-time index" do
         expect(ThinkingSphinx::RealTime::Index).to receive(:new).
-          with(:user, :with => :real_time).and_return index
+          with(:user, { :with => :real_time }).and_return index
 
         ThinkingSphinx::Index.define(:user, :with => :real_time)
       end
diff --git a/spec/thinking_sphinx/middlewares/sphinxql_spec.rb b/spec/thinking_sphinx/middlewares/sphinxql_spec.rb
index ff966d51c..96f1d7605 100644
--- a/spec/thinking_sphinx/middlewares/sphinxql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thinking_sphinx/middlewares/sphinxql_spec.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SphinxQLSubclass
       allow(index_set.first).to receive_messages :reference => :user
 
       expect(set_class).to receive(:new).
-        with(:classes => [klass], :indices => ['user_core']).
+        with({ :classes => [klass], :indices => ['user_core'] }).
         and_return(index_set)
 
       middleware.call [context]
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def self.table_name; 'cats'; end
     end
 
     it "filters out deleted values by default" do
-      expect(sphinx_sql).to receive(:where).with(:sphinx_deleted => false).
+      expect(sphinx_sql).to receive(:where).with({ :sphinx_deleted => false }).
         and_return(sphinx_sql)
 
       middleware.call [context]
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def self.table_name; 'cats'; end
       search.options[:with_all] = {:tag_ids => [1, 7]}
 
       expect(sphinx_sql).to receive(:where_all).
-        with(:tag_ids => [1, 7]).and_return(sphinx_sql)
+        with({ :tag_ids => [1, 7] }).and_return(sphinx_sql)
 
       middleware.call [context]
     end
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def self.table_name; 'cats'; end
       search.options[:without_all] = {:tag_ids => [1, 7]}
 
       expect(sphinx_sql).to receive(:where_not_all).
-        with(:tag_ids => [1, 7]).and_return(sphinx_sql)
+        with({ :tag_ids => [1, 7] }).and_return(sphinx_sql)
 
       middleware.call [context]
     end
diff --git a/spec/thinking_sphinx/panes/excerpts_pane_spec.rb b/spec/thinking_sphinx/panes/excerpts_pane_spec.rb
index 1c3d2cbf3..3adf50b89 100644
--- a/spec/thinking_sphinx/panes/excerpts_pane_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thinking_sphinx/panes/excerpts_pane_spec.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module Panes; end
       search.options[:excerpts] = {:before_match => 'foo'}
 
       expect(ThinkingSphinx::Excerpter).to receive(:new).
-        with(anything, anything, :before_match => 'foo').and_return(excerpter)
+        with(anything, anything, { :before_match => 'foo' }).and_return(excerpter)
 
       pane.excerpts
     end
diff --git a/spec/thinking_sphinx/real_time/interpreter_spec.rb b/spec/thinking_sphinx/real_time/interpreter_spec.rb
index 44b3d6727..eb6f789dd 100644
--- a/spec/thinking_sphinx/real_time/interpreter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thinking_sphinx/real_time/interpreter_spec.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
     it "passes through options to the attribute" do
       expect(ThinkingSphinx::RealTime::Attribute).to receive(:new).
-        with(column, :as => :other_name).and_return(attribute)
+        with(column, { :as => :other_name }).and_return(attribute)
 
       instance.has column, :as => :other_name
     end
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
     it "passes through options to the field" do
       expect(ThinkingSphinx::RealTime::Field).to receive(:new).
-        with(column, :as => :other_name).and_return(field)
+        with(column, { :as => :other_name }).and_return(field)
 
       instance.indexes column, :as => :other_name
     end
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
       it "adds the _sort suffix to the field's name" do
         expect(ThinkingSphinx::RealTime::Attribute).to receive(:new).
-          with(column, :as => :col_sort, :type => :string).
+          with(column, { :as => :col_sort, :type => :string }).
           and_return(attribute)
 
         instance.indexes column, :sortable => true
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 
       it "respects given aliases" do
         expect(ThinkingSphinx::RealTime::Attribute).to receive(:new).
-          with(column, :as => :other_sort, :type => :string).
+          with(column, { :as => :other_sort, :type => :string }).
           and_return(attribute)
 
         instance.indexes column, :sortable => true, :as => :other
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
       it "respects symbols instead of columns" do
         expect(ThinkingSphinx::RealTime::Attribute).to receive(:new).
-          with(:title, :as => :title_sort, :type => :string).
+          with(:title, { :as => :title_sort, :type => :string }).
           and_return(attribute)
 
         instance.indexes :title, :sortable => true
diff --git a/spec/thinking_sphinx_spec.rb b/spec/thinking_sphinx_spec.rb
index b0ed5bb53..775966e77 100644
--- a/spec/thinking_sphinx_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thinking_sphinx_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     end
 
     it "passes through the given query and options" do
-      expect(ThinkingSphinx::Search).to receive(:new).with('foo', :bar => :baz).
+      expect(ThinkingSphinx::Search).to receive(:new).with('foo', { :bar => :baz }).
         and_return(search)
 
       ThinkingSphinx.count('foo', :bar => :baz)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     end
 
     it "passes through the given query and options" do
-      expect(ThinkingSphinx::Search).to receive(:new).with('foo', :bar => :baz).
+      expect(ThinkingSphinx::Search).to receive(:new).with('foo', { :bar => :baz }).
         and_return(search)
 
       ThinkingSphinx.search('foo', :bar => :baz)
diff --git a/thinking-sphinx.gemspec b/thinking-sphinx.gemspec
index 358b0afb1..dac9a21a6 100644
--- a/thinking-sphinx.gemspec
+++ b/thinking-sphinx.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'appraisal',        '~> 1.0.2'
   s.add_development_dependency 'combustion',       '~> 1.1'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'database_cleaner', '~> 1.6.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',            '~> 3.7.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'database_cleaner', '~> 2.0.2'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',            '~> 3.12.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-retry',      '~> 0.5.6'
 end