diff --git a/thredded.gemspec b/thredded.gemspec
index fb9f7709e..8e05ce80d 100644
--- a/thredded.gemspec
+++ b/thredded.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Thredded works with SQLite, MySQL (v5.6.4+), and PostgreSQL. See the demo at htt
   s.add_dependency 'kaminari'
   s.add_dependency 'nokogiri'
   s.add_dependency 'pundit', '>= 1.1.0'
-  s.add_dependency 'rails', '>= 4.2.10'
+  s.add_dependency 'rails', '>= 4.2.10', '!= 6.0.0.rc2'
   s.add_dependency 'rb-gravatar'
 
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