diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 7ca5219e5..243d22fb2 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 module ManageVaccinations
   class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
-    config.load_defaults 7.0
+    config.load_defaults 7.1
 
     # Please, add to the `ignore` list any other `lib` subdirectories that do
     # not contain `.rb` files, or that should not be reloaded or eager loaded.