diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cf1f62e1f..cf56885be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+=== master
+
+* Switch default connection pool to timed_queue on Ruby 3.2+ (jeremyevans)
+
 === 5.84.0 (2024-09-01)
 
 * Support creating VIRTUAL tables on SQLite via the create_table :using option (jeremyevans)
diff --git a/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb b/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb
index 52f047518..6940eef9f 100644
--- a/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb
+++ b/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ def connection_pool_class(opts)
       else
         pc = if opts[:single_threaded]
           opts[:servers] ? :sharded_single : :single
-        # :nocov:
-        elsif RUBY_VERSION >= '3.4' # SEQUEL6 or maybe earlier switch to 3.2
+        elsif RUBY_VERSION >= '3.2'
           opts[:servers] ? :sharded_timed_queue : :timed_queue
         # :nocov:
         else
           opts[:servers] ? :sharded_threaded : :threaded
         end
+        # :nocov:
 
         connection_pool_class(:pool_class=>pc)
       end
diff --git a/spec/core/connection_pool_spec.rb b/spec/core/connection_pool_spec.rb
index 0ace412d6..96ab1daa7 100644
--- a/spec/core/connection_pool_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/core/connection_pool_spec.rb
@@ -1271,12 +1271,12 @@ def @pool.acquire(_,_=nil) raise Sequel::DatabaseDisconnectError; end
     Sequel::ConnectionPool.send(:get_pool, db, :single_threaded=>true, :servers=>{}).pool_type.must_equal :sharded_single
   end
 
-  it "should default to :single without :single_threaded or :servers" do
-    Sequel::ConnectionPool.send(:get_pool, db, {}).pool_type.must_equal(RUBY_VERSION >= '3.4' ? :timed_queue : :threaded)
+  it "should default to :timed_queue/:threaded without :single_threaded or :servers" do
+    Sequel::ConnectionPool.send(:get_pool, db, {}).pool_type.must_equal(RUBY_VERSION >= '3.2' ? :timed_queue : :threaded)
   end
 
-  it "should default to :single without :single_threaded with :servers" do
-    Sequel::ConnectionPool.send(:get_pool, db, :servers=>{}).pool_type.must_equal(RUBY_VERSION >= '3.4' ? :sharded_timed_queue : :sharded_threaded)
+  it "should default to :sharded_timed_queue/:sharded_threaded without :single_threaded with :servers" do
+    Sequel::ConnectionPool.send(:get_pool, db, :servers=>{}).pool_type.must_equal(RUBY_VERSION >= '3.2' ? :sharded_timed_queue : :sharded_threaded)
   end
 end unless ENV['SEQUEL_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_POOL']