diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/patches/querying.rb b/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/patches/querying.rb
index d359c31ffd..a43038c675 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/patches/querying.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/active_record/patches/querying.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,17 @@ class << base
 
           # Contains ActiveRecord::Querying to be patched
           module ClassMethods
-            def find_by_sql(sql, binds = [], preparable: nil, &block)
-              tracer.in_span("#{self}.find_by_sql") do
-                super
+            if Gem::Version.new(Rails::VERSION::STRING) >= Gem::Version.new("7.2.0.alpha")
+              def find_by_sql(sql, binds = [], preparable: nil, allow_retry: false, &block)
+                tracer.in_span("#{self}.find_by_sql") do
+                  super
+                end
+              end
+            else
+              def find_by_sql(sql, binds = [], preparable: nil, &block)
+                tracer.in_span("#{self}.find_by_sql") do
+                  super
+                end
               end
             end
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/active_record/opentelemetry-instrumentation-active_record.gemspec b/instrumentation/active_record/opentelemetry-instrumentation-active_record.gemspec
index bb89086e1a..af54aa0ee1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/active_record/opentelemetry-instrumentation-active_record.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/active_record/opentelemetry-instrumentation-active_record.gemspec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'opentelemetry-sdk', '~> 1.1'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'opentelemetry-test-helpers', '~> 0.3'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rails', '>= 6.1'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.60.1'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.20'