diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a24d5a6..553c377 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in searchkick.gemspec
 gemspec
 
+gem "sqlite3"
+gem "activerecord"
 # gem "activerecord", "~> 3.2.0"
 # gem "activerecord", "~> 3.1.0"
diff --git a/searchkick.gemspec b/searchkick.gemspec
index 0e60113..566224a 100644
--- a/searchkick.gemspec
+++ b/searchkick.gemspec
@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
   spec.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 4.7"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "activerecord"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "pg"
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index e6ccf29..2054bf3 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ else
   ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes = true
 
   # migrations
-  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection :adapter => "postgresql", :database => "searchkick_test"
+  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection adapter: "sqlite3", database: ":memory:"
 
-  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table :products, :force => true do |t|
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table :products do |t|
     t.string :name
     t.integer :store_id
     t.boolean :in_stock
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ else
     t.timestamps
   end
 
-  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table :stores, :force => true do |t|
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table :stores do |t|
     t.string :name
   end
 
-  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table :animals, :force => true do |t|
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table :animals do |t|
     t.string :name
     t.string :type
   end
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