diff --git a/Appraisals b/Appraisals
index d5231fa1..0540ade6 100644
--- a/Appraisals
+++ b/Appraisals
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ end
 
 appraise "ar-6.0" do
   # >= 6.0.0.beta3 because CVE-2019-5420
-  # < rc2 because there seem to have been breaking changes between rc1 and rc2
-  # re: MigrationContext
-  gem "activerecord", [">= 6.0.0.beta3", "< 6.0.0.rc2"]
+  # <= rc2 because we use private APIs that can change between RCs
+  gem "activerecord", [">= 6.0.0.beta3", "<= 6.0.0.rc2"]
   gem "rails-controller-testing", "~> 1.0.3"
 
   # Must match `gem` call in active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
diff --git a/gemfiles/ar_6.0.gemfile b/gemfiles/ar_6.0.gemfile
index 20a5f1fa..c43eafc9 100644
--- a/gemfiles/ar_6.0.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/ar_6.0.gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
-gem "activerecord", [">= 6.0.0.beta3", "< 6.0.0.rc2"]
+gem "activerecord", [">= 6.0.0.beta3", "<= 6.0.0.rc2"]
 gem "rails-controller-testing", "~> 1.0.3"
 gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4"
 
diff --git a/spec/support/paper_trail_spec_migrator.rb b/spec/support/paper_trail_spec_migrator.rb
index b4783bd0..3d5b886b 100644
--- a/spec/support/paper_trail_spec_migrator.rb
+++ b/spec/support/paper_trail_spec_migrator.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ class PaperTrailSpecMigrator
   # how many people use the programmatic interface? Most people probably
   # just use rake. Maybe we're doing it wrong.
   def migrate
-    if ::ActiveRecord.gem_version >= ::Gem::Version.new("5.2.0.rc1")
+    v = ::ActiveRecord.gem_version
+    if v >= ::Gem::Version.new("6.0.0.rc2")
+      ::ActiveRecord::MigrationContext.new(
+        @migrations_path,
+        ::ActiveRecord::Base.connection.schema_migration
+      ).migrate
+    elsif ::Gem::Requirement.new([">= 5.2.0.rc1", "< 6.0.0.rc2"]).satisfied_by?(v)
       ::ActiveRecord::MigrationContext.new(@migrations_path).migrate
     else
       ::ActiveRecord::Migrator.migrate(@migrations_path)