diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
index 7b1a6aa854..40e5cef587 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   <%- end -%>
 
   # Access an IRB console on exception pages or by using <%%= console %> in views
-  gem 'web-console', github: 'rails/web-console', branch: 'master'
+  gem 'web-console', '~> 2.0.0.beta4'
 <%- if spring_install? %>
   # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring
   gem 'spring'