diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b01a60d..4ba7172 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 0.8.0
+
+* Remove `redis.replicate_commands()` from Lua scripts for Redis 7.2+ compatibility.
+  This call was required for Redis < 5.0 and has been removed in Redis 7.2.
+* Require `redis` gem >= 4 (previously >= 2). Versions 2.x and 3.x are no longer maintained.
+
 # 0.7.1
 
 * Fix use of a ConnectionPool as `redis:` argument which was broken in 0.7.0
diff --git a/lib/prorate/leaky_bucket.lua b/lib/prorate/leaky_bucket.lua
index 75d2fab..a871159 100644
--- a/lib/prorate/leaky_bucket.lua
+++ b/lib/prorate/leaky_bucket.lua
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 -- args: key_base, leak_rate, bucket_ttl, fillup. To just verify the state of the bucket leak_rate of 0 may be passed.
 -- returns: the leve of the bucket in number of tokens
 
--- this is required to be able to use TIME and writes; basically it lifts the script into IO
-redis.replicate_commands()
-
 -- Redis documentation recommends passing the keys separately so that Redis
 -- can - in the future - verify that they live on the same shard of a cluster, and
 -- raise an error if they are not. As far as can be understood this functionality is not
diff --git a/lib/prorate/rate_limit.lua b/lib/prorate/rate_limit.lua
index 749a966..c40544f 100644
--- a/lib/prorate/rate_limit.lua
+++ b/lib/prorate/rate_limit.lua
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 -- if the block time is nonzero, the second integer is always zero. If the block time is zero,
 -- the second integer indicates the level of the bucket
 
--- this is required to be able to use TIME and writes; basically it lifts the script into IO
-redis.replicate_commands()
 -- make some nicer looking variable names:
 local retval = nil
 
diff --git a/lib/prorate/version.rb b/lib/prorate/version.rb
index 5416624..a2e89d2 100644
--- a/lib/prorate/version.rb
+++ b/lib/prorate/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Prorate
-  VERSION = "0.7.3"
+  VERSION = "0.8.0"
 end
diff --git a/prorate.gemspec b/prorate.gemspec
index 0b6f855..03b6526 100644
--- a/prorate.gemspec
+++ b/prorate.gemspec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "redis", ">= 2"
+  spec.add_dependency "redis", ">= 4"
   spec.add_development_dependency "connection_pool", "~> 2"
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13.0"