diff --git a/instrumentation/que/Appraisals b/instrumentation/que/Appraisals
index f05da4c55..a3b7a215b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/que/Appraisals
+++ b/instrumentation/que/Appraisals
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 
 appraise 'que-1.x' do
   gem 'que', '~> 1.4'
+  gem 'activerecord', '~> 7.1.0'
 end
 
 appraise 'que-2.x' do
   gem 'que', '~> 2.4'
+  gem 'activerecord', '~> 7.2.0'
 end
 
 appraise 'que-latest' do
   gem 'que'
+  gem 'activerecord'
 end
diff --git a/instrumentation/que/Gemfile b/instrumentation/que/Gemfile
index 46bfbfb01..1cf945c0a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/que/Gemfile
+++ b/instrumentation/que/Gemfile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gemspec
 
 group :test do
-  gem 'activerecord'
   gem 'pg'
   gem 'opentelemetry-helpers-sql-obfuscation', path: '../../helpers/sql-obfuscation'
   gem 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', path: '../base'