diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index cb159296fa..61711a2339 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ gem 'mocha', '~> 0.14', require: false
 
 gem 'rack-cache', '~> 1.2'
 # TODO: Release this gem
-gem 'jquery-rails', '~> 4.0.0.beta1'
+gem 'jquery-rails', '~> 4.0.0.beta2'
 gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
 # TODO: Release this gem
 gem 'rails-html-sanitizer', github: 'rails/rails-html-sanitizer'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 143c39eff2..1cdad09391 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ module Rails
           gems = [coffee_gemfile_entry, javascript_runtime_gemfile_entry]
 
           if options[:javascript] == 'jquery'
-            gems << GemfileEntry.version('jquery-rails', '~> 4.0.0.beta1',
+            gems << GemfileEntry.version('jquery-rails', '~> 4.0.0.beta2',
                                          'Use jQuery as the JavaScript library')
           else
             gems << GemfileEntry.version("#{options[:javascript]}-rails", nil,