diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
index 4ca04fb4fd..dc93d7c69f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ group :development do
   <%- if options.dev? || options.edge? || options.master? -%>
   gem 'web-console', github: 'rails/web-console'
   <%- else -%>
-  gem 'web-console', '>= 4.0.3'
+  gem 'web-console', '>= 4.1.0'
   <%- end -%>
   # Display performance information such as SQL time and flame graphs for each request in your browser.
   # Can be configured to work on production as well see: https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler/blob/master/README.md
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index f672b75c46..3541abafb4 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ class AppGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
 
     assert_file "Gemfile" do |content|
       assert_match(/gem 'web-console',\s+github: 'rails\/web-console'/, content)
-      assert_no_match(/\Agem 'web-console', '>= 4\.0\.3'\z/, content)
+      assert_no_match(/\Agem 'web-console', '>= 4\.1\.0'\z/, content)
     end
   end
 
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ class AppGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
 
     assert_file "Gemfile" do |content|
       assert_match(/gem 'web-console',\s+github: 'rails\/web-console'/, content)
-      assert_no_match(/\Agem 'web-console', '>= 4\.0\.3'\z/, content)
+      assert_no_match(/\Agem 'web-console', '>= 4\.1\.0'\z/, content)
     end
   end
 
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ class AppGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
 
     assert_file "Gemfile" do |content|
       assert_match(/gem 'web-console',\s+github: 'rails\/web-console'/, content)
-      assert_no_match(/\Agem 'web-console', '>= 4\.0\.3'\z/, content)
+      assert_no_match(/\Agem 'web-console', '>= 4\.1\.0'\z/, content)
     end
   end