diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 441168ac..c3ed7d40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         ruby-version:
-          - "2.7"
           - "3.0"
           - "3.1"
           - "3.2"
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Ruby
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
-        ruby-version: "2.7"
+        ruby-version: "3.0"
         bundler-cache: true
     - name: Bring up docker-compose stack
       run: docker-compose up -d
diff --git a/racecar.gemspec b/racecar.gemspec
index e8cb8db7..ea26af12 100644
--- a/racecar.gemspec
+++ b/racecar.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.7'
+  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "king_konf", "~> 1.0.0"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "rdkafka",   "~> 0.15.0"