diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 8caeaee8c..ba927a65c 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
 inherit_gem:
   voxpupuli-rubocop: rubocop.yml
 
+AllCops:
+  TargetRubyVersion: 3.1
+
 Layout/LineLength:
   Exclude:
     - acceptance/**/*.rb
diff --git a/beaker.gemspec b/beaker.gemspec
index 663771cca..3da1b74eb 100644
--- a/beaker.gemspec
+++ b/beaker.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map { |f| File.basename(f) }
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  s.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 2.7')
+  s.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 3.1')
 
   # Testing dependencies
   s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 2.4'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 2.8.0'
 
   # Run time dependencies
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'minitar', '~> 0.12' # newer versions require Ruby 3.1
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'minitar', '>= 0.12', '< 2'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.4'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rexml', '~> 3.2', '>= 3.2.5'