diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 649c1df5815ac..eca33bcf588f8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ group :test, :development do
 
   gem "rb-fsevent", require: RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i ? "rb-fsevent" : false
 
-  gem "rspec-rails"
+  gem "rspec-rails", ">= 8.0.0"
 
   gem "shoulda-matchers", require: false, github: "thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers"
   gem "rspec-html-matchers"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f6bafc6f261e..fa5775e969e7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+x
+
 <a href="https://www.discourse.org/">
   <img src="images/discourse-readme-logo.png" width="300px">
 </a>