diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 8939ad91f4..92976e87ab 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Bundler.require(:pam_authentication) if ENV['PAM_ENABLED'] == 'true'
 module Mastodon
   class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
-    config.load_defaults 7.2
+    config.load_defaults 8.0
 
     # 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.