diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e674f15..967b016 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ruby: ["2.6", "2.7", "3.0", "3.1"]
+        ruby: ["2.7", "3.0", "3.1", "3.2"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     services:
       faktory:
diff --git a/.standard.yml b/.standard.yml
index c9ff7af..7f86c05 100644
--- a/.standard.yml
+++ b/.standard.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ruby_version: 2.5.0
+ruby_version: 2.7.0
 fix: true
 parallel: true
 ignore:
diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index eb6bd0a..fad5ed0 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changes
 
+## HEAD
+
+- Minimum Ruby version is now 2.7.0.
+- Minimum Rails version is now 6.0.0.
+
 ## 1.3.0
 
 - Fix `faktory/testing` [#74]
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ddc78d8..4bdcc29 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    faktory_worker_ruby (1.3.0)
+    faktory_worker_ruby (2.0.0)
       connection_pool (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
 
 GEM
@@ -21,31 +21,32 @@ GEM
     docile (1.4.0)
     globalid (1.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0)
-    i18n (1.12.0)
+    i18n (1.13.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     json (2.6.3)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
+    lint_roller (1.0.0)
     minitest (5.18.0)
     minitest-hooks (1.5.0)
       minitest (> 5.3)
-    parallel (1.22.1)
-    parser (3.2.2.0)
+    parallel (1.23.0)
+    parser (3.2.2.1)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.0.6)
-    regexp_parser (2.7.0)
+    regexp_parser (2.8.0)
     rexml (3.2.5)
-    rubocop (1.48.1)
+    rubocop (1.50.2)
       json (~> 2.3)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
       parser (>= 3.2.0.0)
       rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
       regexp_parser (>= 1.8, < 3.0)
       rexml (>= 3.2.5, < 4.0)
-      rubocop-ast (>= 1.26.0, < 2.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.28.0, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.28.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.28.1)
       parser (>= 3.2.1.0)
     rubocop-performance (1.16.0)
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
@@ -57,9 +58,16 @@ GEM
       simplecov_json_formatter (~> 0.1)
     simplecov-html (0.12.3)
     simplecov_json_formatter (0.1.4)
-    standard (1.25.3)
+    standard (1.28.2)
       language_server-protocol (~> 3.17.0.2)
-      rubocop (~> 1.48.1)
+      lint_roller (~> 1.0)
+      rubocop (~> 1.50.2)
+      standard-custom (~> 1.0.0)
+      standard-performance (~> 1.0.1)
+    standard-custom (1.0.0)
+      lint_roller (~> 1.0)
+    standard-performance (1.0.1)
+      lint_roller (~> 1.0)
       rubocop-performance (~> 1.16.0)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
diff --git a/faktory_worker_ruby.gemspec b/faktory_worker_ruby.gemspec
index 7d1b65e..cad8573 100644
--- a/faktory_worker_ruby.gemspec
+++ b/faktory_worker_ruby.gemspec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.executables = ["faktory-worker"]
   gem.files = `git ls-files | grep -Ev '^(test|myapp|examples)'`.split("\n")
   gem.version = Faktory::VERSION
-  gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.5.0"
+  gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7.0"
 
   gem.metadata = {
     "homepage_uri" => "https://contribsys.com/faktory",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   }
 
   gem.add_dependency "connection_pool", "~> 2.2", ">= 2.2.2"
-  gem.add_development_dependency "activejob", ">= 5.2.0"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "activejob", ">= 6.0.0"
   gem.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5"
   gem.add_development_dependency "minitest-hooks"
   gem.add_development_dependency "rake"
diff --git a/lib/faktory/client.rb b/lib/faktory/client.rb
index 0d0b248..8850766 100644
--- a/lib/faktory/client.rb
+++ b/lib/faktory/client.rb
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ def result
       raise Errno::ECONNRESET, "No response" unless line
       chr = line[0]
       if chr == "+"
-        line[1..-1].strip
+        line[1..].strip
       elsif chr == "$"
-        count = line[1..-1].strip.to_i
+        count = line[1..].strip.to_i
         return nil if count == -1
         data = read(count) if count > 0
         _ = gets # read extra linefeeds
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def result
         #
         # -NOTUNIQUE Job not unique
         # We return ["NOTUNIQUE", "Job not unique"]
-        err = line[1..-1].split(" ", 2)
+        err = line[1..].split(" ", 2)
         raise CommandError, err[1] if err[0] == "ERR"
         err
       else
diff --git a/lib/faktory/rails.rb b/lib/faktory/rails.rb
index 6a28943..b388ec1 100644
--- a/lib/faktory/rails.rb
+++ b/lib/faktory/rails.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Rails < ::Rails::Engine
         # None of this matters on the client-side, only within the Faktory executor itself.
         #
         Faktory.configure_worker do |_|
-          if ::Rails::VERSION::MAJOR < 5
+          if ::Rails::VERSION::MAJOR < 6
             raise "Your current version of Rails, #{::Rails::VERSION::STRING}, is not supported"
           end
 
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ def inspect
     end
   end
 
-  if defined?(::Rails) && ::Rails::VERSION::MAJOR < 5
+  if defined?(::Rails) && ::Rails::VERSION::MAJOR < 6
     warn("**************************************************")
-    warn("🚫 ERROR: Faktory Worker does not support Rails versions under 5.x - please ensure your workers are updated")
+    warn("🚫 ERROR: Faktory Worker does not support Rails version < 6.x")
     warn("**************************************************")
     warn("")
   end
diff --git a/lib/faktory/version.rb b/lib/faktory/version.rb
index 756ba55..bd9536b 100644
--- a/lib/faktory/version.rb
+++ b/lib/faktory/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Faktory
-  VERSION = "1.3.0"
+  VERSION = "2.0.0"
 end