diff --git a/rails.gemspec b/rails.gemspec
index db2f4cc9da..97f6dfeac8 100644
--- a/rails.gemspec
+++ b/rails.gemspec
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency('actionmailer',    version)
   s.add_dependency('railties',        version)
   s.add_dependency('bundler',         '~> 1.2')
-  s.add_dependency('sprockets-rails', '~> 2.0')
+  s.add_dependency('sprockets-rails', '~> 2.0.0.rc1')
 end