diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/Appraisals b/instrumentation/active_record/Appraisals
index d9618fec1..5af31f8ff 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_record/Appraisals
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/Appraisals
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ end
 
 # Rails 5.2 is not compatible with Ruby 3.0
 # https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/40938
-if RUBY_VERSION < '3'
+if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('3')
   appraise 'activerecord-5.2' do
     gem 'activerecord', '~> 5.2.0'
   end
 end
+
+if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('2.7.0')
+  appraise 'activerecord-7.0' do
+    gem 'activerecord', '~> 7.0.0'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/gemfiles/activerecord_7.0.gemfile b/instrumentation/active_record/gemfiles/activerecord_7.0.gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d2182128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/gemfiles/activerecord_7.0.gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# This file was generated by Appraisal
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "opentelemetry-api", path: "../../../api"
+gem "opentelemetry-instrumentation-base", path: "../../base"
+gem "activerecord", "~> 7.0.0"
+
+group :test do
+  gem "byebug"
+  gem "opentelemetry-common", path: "../../../common"
+  gem "opentelemetry-sdk", path: "../../../sdk"
+  gem "opentelemetry-semantic_conventions", path: "../../../semantic_conventions"
+  gem "pry-byebug"
+  gem "sqlite3-ruby"
+end
+
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/instrumentation.rb
index b2f22f6fe..8d60c53d2 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/instrumentation.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # The Instrumentation class contains logic to detect and install the ActiveRecord instrumentation
       class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
         MINIMUM_VERSION = Gem::Version.new('5.2.0')
-        MAX_MAJOR_VERSION = 6
+        MAX_MAJOR_VERSION = 7
 
         install do |_config|
           require_dependencies
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def patch
         end
 
         def require_dependencies
+          require 'ruby2_keywords'
           require_relative 'patches/querying'
           require_relative 'patches/persistence'
           require_relative 'patches/persistence_class_methods'
diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/patches/persistence_insert_class_methods.rb b/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/patches/persistence_insert_class_methods.rb
index 8701f6773..6354ee0be 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/patches/persistence_insert_class_methods.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/patches/persistence_insert_class_methods.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 module OpenTelemetry
   module Instrumentation
     module ActiveRecord
@@ -19,39 +18,39 @@ class << base
 
           # Contains ActiveRecord::Persistence::ClassMethods to be patched
           module ClassMethods
-            def insert(attributes, returning: nil, unique_by: nil)
+            ruby2_keywords def insert(*args)
               tracer.in_span("#{self}.insert") do
-                super
+                super(*args)
               end
             end
 
-            def insert_all(attributes, returning: nil, unique_by: nil)
+            ruby2_keywords def insert_all(*args)
               tracer.in_span("#{self}.insert_all") do
-                super
+                super(*args)
               end
             end
 
-            def insert!(attributes, returning: nil)
+            ruby2_keywords def insert!(*args)
               tracer.in_span("#{self}.insert!") do
-                super
+                super(*args)
               end
             end
 
-            def insert_all!(attributes, returning: nil)
+            ruby2_keywords def insert_all!(*args)
               tracer.in_span("#{self}.insert_all!") do
-                super
+                super(*args)
               end
             end
 
-            def upsert(attributes, returning: nil, unique_by: nil)
+            ruby2_keywords def upsert(*args)
               tracer.in_span("#{self}.upsert") do
-                super
+                super(*args)
               end
             end
 
-            def upsert_all(attributes, returning: nil, unique_by: nil)
+            ruby2_keywords def upsert_all(*args)
               tracer.in_span("#{self}.upsert_all") do
-                super
+                super(*args)
               end
             end
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/opentelemetry-instrumentation-active_record.gemspec b/instrumentation/active_record/opentelemetry-instrumentation-active_record.gemspec
index 5bf73c206..9333dce50 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_record/opentelemetry-instrumentation-active_record.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/opentelemetry-instrumentation-active_record.gemspec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.19.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'ruby2_keywords'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'activerecord'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.2.0'
diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/test/instrumentation/active_record/instrumentation_test.rb b/instrumentation/active_record/test/instrumentation/active_record/instrumentation_test.rb
index b61b6e2a3..aa056bd48 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_record/test/instrumentation/active_record/instrumentation_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/test/instrumentation/active_record/instrumentation_test.rb
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
     end
 
     it 'when a version above the maximum supported gem version is installed' do
-      Gem.stub(:loaded_specs, 'activerecord' => Gem::Specification.new { |s| s.version = '7.0.0' }) do
+      Gem.stub(:loaded_specs, 'activerecord' => Gem::Specification.new { |s| s.version = '8.0.0' }) do
         _(instrumentation.compatible?).must_equal false
       end
     end
 
     it 'it treats pre releases as being equivalent to a full release' do
-      Gem.stub(:loaded_specs, 'activerecord' => Gem::Specification.new { |s| s.version = '7.0.0.alpha' }) do
+      Gem.stub(:loaded_specs, 'activerecord' => Gem::Specification.new { |s| s.version = '8.0.0.alpha' }) do
         _(instrumentation.compatible?).must_equal false
       end
     end
diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/test/instrumentation/active_record/patches/querying_test.rb b/instrumentation/active_record/test/instrumentation/active_record/patches/querying_test.rb
index c429ed8f2..6da620512 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_record/test/instrumentation/active_record/patches/querying_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/test/instrumentation/active_record/patches/querying_test.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
   describe 'find_by_sql' do
     it 'traces' do
-      User.first
+      User.find_by_sql('SELECT * FROM users')
 
       find_span = spans.find { |s| s.name == 'User.find_by_sql' }
       _(find_span).wont_be_nil