diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 9adfcc6ee7..2946953f8d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ module Rails
                                        "Use #{options[:javascript]} as the JavaScript library")
 
           unless options[:skip_turbolinks]
-            gems << GemfileEntry.version("turbolinks", nil,
-             "Turbolinks makes following links in your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks")
+            gems << GemfileEntry.version("turbolinks", "~> 5.0.0.beta",
+             "Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks")
           end
 
           gems