diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 629210861085a..f7d7f55881d3a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def database_gemfile_entry # :doc:
       end
 
       def web_server_gemfile_entry # :doc:
-        GemfileEntry.new "puma", ">= 5.0", "Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma]"
+        GemfileEntry.new "puma", ">= 6.0", "Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma]"
       end
 
       def asset_pipeline_gemfile_entry