diff --git a/lib/audited/audit.rb b/lib/audited/audit.rb
index 54a51f18..3b3aab8b 100644
--- a/lib/audited/audit.rb
+++ b/lib/audited/audit.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Audit < ::ActiveRecord::Base
     cattr_accessor :audited_class_names
     self.audited_class_names = Set.new
 
-    if Rails.gem_version >= Gem::Version.new("7.1")
+    if ActiveRecord.gem_version >= Gem::Version.new("7.1")
       serialize :audited_changes, coder: YAMLIfTextColumnType
     else
       serialize :audited_changes, YAMLIfTextColumnType
diff --git a/lib/audited/auditor.rb b/lib/audited/auditor.rb
index a164f72a..c3fcaf5b 100644
--- a/lib/audited/auditor.rb
+++ b/lib/audited/auditor.rb
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def normalize_enum_changes(changes)
             changes[name] = \
               if changes[name].is_a?(Array)
                 changes[name].map { |v| values[v] }
-              elsif rails_below?("5.0")
+              elsif active_record_below?("5.0")
                 changes[name]
               else
                 values[changes[name]]
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ def filter_attr_values(audited_changes: {}, attrs: [], placeholder: "[FILTERED]"
         audited_changes
       end
 
-      def rails_below?(rails_version)
-        Gem::Version.new(Rails::VERSION::STRING) < Gem::Version.new(rails_version)
+      def active_record_below?(active_record_version)
+        Gem::Version.new(ActiveRecord::VERSION::STRING) < Gem::Version.new(active_record_version)
       end
 
       def audits_to(version = nil)