diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index c9d71d69de..5f8d9cd0c1 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ module Rails
         when "6.1"
           load_defaults "6.0"
 
-          if respond_to?(:active_job)
-            active_job.retry_jitter = 0.15
-          end
-
           if respond_to?(:active_record)
             active_record.has_many_inversing = true
           end
@@ -172,6 +168,7 @@ module Rails
           end
 
           if respond_to?(:active_job)
+            active_job.retry_jitter = 0.15
             active_job.skip_after_callbacks_if_terminated = true
           end
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_6_1.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_6_1.rb.tt
index c058ada7ff..1e40dfa389 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_6_1.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_6_1.rb.tt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 # Track Active Storage variants in the database.
 # Rails.application.config.active_storage.track_variants = true
 
+# Apply random variation to the delay when retrying failed jobs.
+# Rails.application.config.active_job.retry_jitter = 0.15
+
 # Stop executing `after_enqueue`/`after_perform` callbacks if
 # `before_enqueue`/`before_perform` respectively halts with `throw :abort`.
 # Rails.application.config.active_job.skip_after_callbacks_if_terminated = true