diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 45dbfa9..81a8eb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         ruby: [ '2.6', '2.7', '3.0', '3.1', '3.2', '3.3' ]
-        rails: [ '5-2', '6-0', '6-1', '7-0' ]
+        rails: [ '5-2', '6-0', '6-1', '7-0', '7-1' ]
+        # excludes are sorted by Ruby version, then Rails version
         exclude:
           - ruby: 2.6 # Rails 7 requires 2.7 minimum
             rails: 7-0
+          - ruby: 2.6 # Rails 7.1 requires 2.7 minimum
+            rails: 7-1
           - ruby: 3.0 # Ruby 3 support for 5.2 hasn't been added
             rails: 5-2
           - ruby: 3.1 # Ruby 3.1 only works on the latest Rails 7 version
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7_1.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_7_1.gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a540b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7_1.gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This file was generated by Appraisal
+
+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "simplecov", group: :test, require: nil
+gem "activesupport", "~> 7.1"
+
+group :development, :test do
+  gem "actionpack", "~> 7.1"
+end
+
+gemspec path: "../"