diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2d5b1d7280..3e8cf8d796 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ group :test do
 
   platforms :mri do
     gem "stackprof"
-    gem "debug", ">= 1.0.0.rc", require: false
+    gem "debug", ">= 1.0.0", require: false
   end
 
   gem "benchmark-ips"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b2594897e4..497f636f54 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ GEM
     daemons (1.4.0)
     dalli (2.7.11)
     dante (0.2.0)
-    debug (1.0.0.rc2)
+    debug (1.0.0)
       irb
       reline (>= 0.2.7)
     declarative (0.0.20)
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   connection_pool
   cssbundling-rails
   dalli
-  debug (>= 1.0.0.rc)
+  debug (>= 1.0.0)
   delayed_job
   delayed_job_active_record
   google-cloud-storage (~> 1.11)
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
index 0333a0b4f2..f59dc2dde0 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ gem "bootsnap", ">= 1.4.4", require: false
 <% if RUBY_ENGINE == "ruby" -%>
 group :development, :test do
   # See https://github.com/ruby/debug for usage.
-  gem "debug", ">= 1.0.0.rc", platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw], require: false
+  gem "debug", ">= 1.0.0", platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw], require: false
 end
 
 <% end -%>
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/templates/Gemfile.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/templates/Gemfile.tt
index e9950b4e07..4b3e4f8ef7 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/templates/Gemfile.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/templates/Gemfile.tt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ end
 <% end -%>
 <% if RUBY_ENGINE == "ruby" -%>
 # To use a debugger
-# gem "debug", ">= 1.0.0.rc", group: [:development, :test], require: false
+# gem "debug", ">= 1.0.0", group: [:development, :test], require: false
 <% end -%>
 <% if RUBY_PLATFORM.match(/bccwin|cygwin|emx|mingw|mswin|wince|java/) -%>