diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 122f09ee8..c16114a5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-## v7.1.11
+## Unreleased
+
+#### Fixed
+
+Correctly retrieve the SQL Server database version.
 
 #### Fixed
 
diff --git a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
index 1e272d913..e89f0e091 100644
--- a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def version_year
       end
 
       def sqlserver_version
-        @sqlserver_version ||= _raw_select("SELECT @@version", @raw_connection).first.first.to_s
+        @sqlserver_version ||= execute("SELECT @@version", "SCHEMA").rows.first.first.to_s
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/test/cases/adapter_test_sqlserver.rb b/test/cases/adapter_test_sqlserver.rb
index cb433b74e..54e4a7a02 100644
--- a/test/cases/adapter_test_sqlserver.rb
+++ b/test/cases/adapter_test_sqlserver.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ class AdapterTestSQLServer < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  it 'test proper connection before fetching sqlserver_version'
+    connection.disconnect!
+
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      version = connection.sqlserver_version
+      assert version.is_a?(String)
+      assert version.length > 0
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "with different language" do
     before do
       @default_language = connection.user_options_language