diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7616f2d0be..e127971a27 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ gemspec
 gem 'mocha', '~> 0.14', require: false
 
 gem 'rack-cache', '~> 1.2'
-gem 'jquery-rails', '~> 3.1.0'
+gem 'jquery-rails', github: 'rails/jquery-rails', branch: 'master'
 gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
 gem 'rails-html-sanitizer'
 gem 'turbolinks', '~> 2.2.3'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index b3a67266f7..841d39dad6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ module Rails
           []
         else
           gems = [coffee_gemfile_entry, javascript_runtime_gemfile_entry]
-          gems << GemfileEntry.version("#{options[:javascript]}-rails", nil,
+          gems << GemfileEntry.github("#{options[:javascript]}-rails", "rails/#{options[:javascript]}-rails",
                                  "Use #{options[:javascript]} as the JavaScript library")
 
           gems << GemfileEntry.version("turbolinks", nil,