diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 9109be5e04..c715e5ac9f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ module Rails
         return [] if options[:skip_sprockets]
 
         gems = []
-        gems << GemfileEntry.github("sass-rails", "rails/sass-rails", nil,
+        gems << GemfileEntry.version("sass-rails", "~> 5.0",
                                      "Use SCSS for stylesheets")
 
         if !options[:skip_javascript]