diff --git a/lib/test_data/config.rb b/lib/test_data/config.rb
index f335549..65f4fa2 100644
--- a/lib/test_data/config.rb
+++ b/lib/test_data/config.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def after_rails_fixture_load(callable = nil, &blk)
     end
 
     def database_yaml
-      YAMLLoader.load_file(database_yaml_full_path)
+      YAMLLoader.load_file(database_yaml_full_path, aliases: true)
     end
 
     def database_name
diff --git a/lib/test_data/determines_databases_associated_dump_time.rb b/lib/test_data/determines_databases_associated_dump_time.rb
index 394ccc5..812e8f4 100644
--- a/lib/test_data/determines_databases_associated_dump_time.rb
+++ b/lib/test_data/determines_databases_associated_dump_time.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 module TestData
   class DeterminesDatabasesAssociatedDumpTime
     def call
-      if (last_dumped_at = ActiveRecord::InternalMetadata.find_by(key: "test_data:last_dumped_at")&.value)
+      internal_metadata = ActiveRecord::InternalMetadata.new(ActiveRecord::Base.connection)
+      if (last_dumped_at = internal_metadata["test_data:last_dumped_at"])
         Time.parse(last_dumped_at)
       end
     rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid