diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fadcf15..7f4f5e9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gemspec
-
-gem 'rubocop-rake'
-gem 'rubocop-rspec'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9c3f47..4b96a8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ Sidekiq::Logstash.configure do |config|
   config.custom_options = lambda do |payload|
     payload['my_custom_field'] = 'my_custom_value'
   end
+  
+  # by default, sidekiq-logstash removes the default error handler
+  # to keep it, simply set this to true
+  config.keep_default_error_handler = true
 end
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/logstash.rb b/lib/sidekiq/logstash.rb
index 5b1ea43..ce72193 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/logstash.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/logstash.rb
@@ -22,21 +22,18 @@ def self.configure
     def self.setup(_opts = {})
       # Calls Sidekiq.configure_server to inject logics
       Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
-        if defined?(Sidekiq::ExceptionHandler::Logger)
-          # Remove default Sidekiq error_handler that logs errors
-          # NOTE: this only exists up until Sidekiq 6.4.x
-          config.error_handlers.delete_if { |h| h.is_a?(Sidekiq::ExceptionHandler::Logger) }
+        # Remove default, noisy error handler,
+        # unless LogStash.configuration.keep_default_error_handler is set to true
+        unless configuration.keep_default_error_handler
+          config.error_handlers.delete(Sidekiq::Config::ERROR_HANDLER)
+          # Insert a no-op error handler to prevent Sidekiq from logging to STDOUT
+          # because of empty error_handlers (see link).
+          # https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/blob/02153c17360e712d9a94c08406fe7c057c4d7635/lib/sidekiq/config.rb#L258
+          config.error_handlers << proc {}
         end
 
         # Add logstash support
-        if config.respond_to?(:[]=)
-          # Only available from Sidekiq 6.5
-          config[:job_logger] = Sidekiq::LogstashJobLogger
-        else
-          # This is deprecated and will be removed in Sidekiq 7.0
-          config.options[:job_logger] = Sidekiq::LogstashJobLogger
-        end
-
+        config[:job_logger] = Sidekiq::LogstashJobLogger
         # Set custom formatter for Sidekiq logger
         config.logger.formatter = Sidekiq::Logging::LogstashFormatter.new
       end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/logstash/configuration.rb b/lib/sidekiq/logstash/configuration.rb
index b539648..d03677d 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/logstash/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/logstash/configuration.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Sidekiq
   module Logstash
     # Class that allows to configure the gem behaviour.
     class Configuration
-      attr_accessor :custom_options, :filter_args, :job_start_log
+      attr_accessor :custom_options, :filter_args, :job_start_log, :keep_default_error_handler
 
       def initialize
         @filter_args = []
diff --git a/sidekiq-logstash.gemspec b/sidekiq-logstash.gemspec
index a833cd9..8711253 100644
--- a/sidekiq-logstash.gemspec
+++ b/sidekiq-logstash.gemspec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.5.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'logstash-event', '~> 1.2'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'sidekiq', '>= 6.0', '<7'
+  spec.add_dependency 'sidekiq', '~> 7.0'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'factory_bot', '~> 6.1'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '>= 10'
diff --git a/spec/sidekiq/logstash_spec.rb b/spec/sidekiq/logstash_spec.rb
index 45491f8..e0d6702 100644
--- a/spec/sidekiq/logstash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sidekiq/logstash_spec.rb
@@ -13,16 +13,22 @@ def process(worker, params = [], encrypt: false)
   let(:buffer) { StringIO.new }
   let(:logger) { Logger.new(buffer) }
   let(:job) { build(:job) }
-  let(:processor_options) { Sidekiq }
-  let(:processor) { ::Sidekiq::Processor.new(processor_options) }
+  let(:logstash_config) { Sidekiq::Logstash::Configuration.new }
+  let(:sidekiq_config) { Sidekiq::Config.new }
+  let(:processor) { ::Sidekiq::Processor.new(sidekiq_config.default_capsule) }
   let(:log_message) { JSON.parse(buffer.string) }
   let(:log_messages) { buffer.string.split("\n").map { |log| JSON.parse(log) } }
+  let(:mock_redis) { double(:Redis) }
+  let(:custom_config) { nil }
 
   before do
+    # Reset error handlers because they're globally stored across instances of Sidekiq::Config
+    Sidekiq::Config::DEFAULTS[:error_handlers] = []
+    allow(Sidekiq).to receive(:default_configuration).and_return(sidekiq_config)
+    allow(Sidekiq::Logstash).to receive(:configuration).and_return(logstash_config)
     logger.formatter = Sidekiq::Logging::LogstashFormatter.new
-    Sidekiq.logger = logger
-    processor_options[:job_logger] = Sidekiq::LogstashJobLogger
-    processor_options[:fetch] = ::Sidekiq::BasicFetch.new(processor_options)
+    sidekiq_config.logger = logger
+    Sidekiq::Logstash.setup
   end
 
   it 'has a version number' do
@@ -101,16 +107,22 @@ def process(worker, params = [], encrypt: false)
   end
 
   context 'when job raises a error' do
-    it 'logs the exception with job retry' do
-      mock_redis = double(:Redis)
-      allow(Sidekiq).to receive(:redis).and_yield(mock_redis)
+    before do
+      allow(processor.capsule).to receive(:redis)
+    end
 
-      expect(mock_redis).to receive(:zadd).with('retry', any_args).once
+    it 'logs a single line, silencing the default error handler' do
+      expect { process(SpecWorker, [true]) }
+        .to raise_error(RuntimeError)
+        .and not_output.to_stdout
+    end
+
+    it 'logs the exception with job retry' do
       expect { process(SpecWorker, [true]) }.to raise_error(RuntimeError)
 
-      expect(log_messages.last['error_message']).to eq('You know nothing, Jon Snow.')
-      expect(log_messages.last['error']).to eq('RuntimeError')
-      expect(log_messages.last['error_backtrace'].split("\n").first).to include('workers/spec_worker.rb:7')
+      expect(log_message['error_message']).to eq('You know nothing, Jon Snow.')
+      expect(log_message['error']).to eq('RuntimeError')
+      expect(log_message['error_backtrace'].split("\n").first).to include('workers/spec_worker.rb:7')
     end
 
     it 'logs the exception without job retry' do
@@ -118,9 +130,9 @@ def process(worker, params = [], encrypt: false)
 
       expect { process(SpecWorker, [true]) }.to raise_error(RuntimeError)
 
-      expect(log_messages.last['error_message']).to eq('You know nothing, Jon Snow.')
-      expect(log_messages.last['error']).to eq('RuntimeError')
-      expect(log_messages.last['error_backtrace'].split("\n").first).to include('workers/spec_worker.rb:7')
+      expect(log_message['error_message']).to eq('You know nothing, Jon Snow.')
+      expect(log_message['error']).to eq('RuntimeError')
+      expect(log_message['error_backtrace'].split("\n").first).to include('workers/spec_worker.rb:7')
     end
   end
 
@@ -144,4 +156,16 @@ def process(worker, params = [], encrypt: false)
       expect(log_messages.last['job_status']).to eq('done')
     end
   end
+
+  context 'with keep_default_error_handler' do
+    let(:logstash_config) do
+      Sidekiq::Logstash::Configuration.new.tap do |config|
+        config.keep_default_error_handler = true
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'leaves the default error handler in place' do
+      expect(sidekiq_config.error_handlers).to include(Sidekiq::Config::ERROR_HANDLER)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index d459538..be6e972 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 require 'factory_bot'
 require 'support/factory_bot'
 
-Sidekiq::Logstash.setup
+RSpec::Matchers.define_negated_matcher :not_output, :output