diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb
index 3aa0eef4ad68c..b098ea389f9fa 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
   # located at `public/assets/application.js` if the file exists. If the file
   # does not exist, a 404 "File not Found" response will be returned.
   class FileHandler
-    def initialize(root, cache_control, index = 'index')
+    def initialize(root, cache_control, index: 'index')
       @root          = root.chomp('/')
       @compiled_root = /^#{Regexp.escape(root)}/
       headers        = cache_control && { 'Cache-Control' => cache_control }
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ def initialize(root, cache_control, index = 'index')
       @index = index
     end
 
-
     # Takes a path to a file. If the file is found, has valid encoding, and has
     # correct read permissions, the return value is a URI-escaped string
     # representing the filename. Otherwise, false is returned.
@@ -105,9 +104,9 @@ def gzip_file_path(path)
   # produce a directory traversal using this middleware. Only 'GET' and 'HEAD'
   # requests will result in a file being returned.
   class Static
-    def initialize(app, path, cache_control = nil, index = 'index')
+    def initialize(app, path, cache_control = nil, index: 'index')
       @app = app
-      @file_handler = FileHandler.new(path, cache_control, index)
+      @file_handler = FileHandler.new(path, cache_control, index: index)
     end
 
     def call(env)
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/static_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/static_test.rb
index e729cc44f93d2..95971b3a0e9c7 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/static_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/static_test.rb
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def test_custom_handler_called_when_file_is_outside_root
   end
 
   def test_non_default_static_index
-    @app = ActionDispatch::Static.new(DummyApp, @root, "public, max-age=60", "other-index")
+    @app = ActionDispatch::Static.new(DummyApp, @root, "public, max-age=60", index: "other-index")
     assert_html "/other-index.html", get("/other-index.html")
     assert_html "/other-index.html", get("/other-index")
     assert_html "/other-index.html", get("/")
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/default_middleware_stack.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/default_middleware_stack.rb
index 503977b395811..909ed5cc35a28 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/default_middleware_stack.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/default_middleware_stack.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def build_stack
           middleware.use ::Rack::Sendfile, config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header
 
           if config.serve_static_files
-            middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Static, paths["public"].first, config.static_cache_control, config.static_index
+            middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Static, paths["public"].first, config.static_cache_control, index: config.static_index
           end
 
           if rack_cache = load_rack_cache