diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index b6059663f5..97d69a606b 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module Openfoodnetwork
     config.active_record.yaml_column_permitted_classes = [BigDecimal, Symbol, Time,
                                                           ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone,
                                                           ActiveSupport::TimeZone]
+    config.active_support.cache_format_version = 7.0
 
     # Please, add to the `ignore` list any other `lib` subdirectories that do
     # not contain `.rb` files, or that should not be reloaded or eager loaded.
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 4042f0a351..8c7562aee0 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ Rails.application.configure do
     allowed_warnings = [
       # List strings here to allow matching deprecations.
       #
-      # https://guides.rubyonrails.org/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#new-activesupport-cache-serialization-format
-      "config.active_support.cache_format_version",
-
       # `Rails.application.secrets` is deprecated in favor of `Rails.application.credentials` and will be removed in Rails 7.2
       "Rails.application.secrets",
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb b/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb
index b13ef5ed16..45691b805d 100644
--- a/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb
@@ -93,16 +93,6 @@
 # }
 
 
-# ** Please read carefully, this must be configured in config/application.rb **
-# Change the format of the cache entry.
-# Changing this default means that all new cache entries added to the cache
-# will have a different format that is not supported by Rails 6.1 applications.
-# Only change this value after your application is fully deployed to Rails 7.0
-# and you have no plans to rollback.
-# When you're ready to change format, add this to `config/application.rb` (NOT this file):
-#  config.active_support.cache_format_version = 7.0
-
-
 # Cookie serializer: 2 options
 #
 # If you're upgrading and haven't set `cookies_serializer` previously, your cookie serializer