diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
index d6ddc4adbb34c..78392856ec215 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/Gemfile.tt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ end
 group :test do
   # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver
   gem 'capybara', '>= 3.26'
-  gem 'selenium-webdriver'
+  gem 'selenium-webdriver', '>= 4.0.0.rc1'
   # Easy installation and use of web drivers to run system tests with browsers
   gem 'webdrivers'
 end