diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 8782a853919e3ea6c2692cb2d91c1d9ffb9783ee..303073d867fd14419ce70abeab436e1c528ff603 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def webpacker_gemfile_entry
 
       def jbuilder_gemfile_entry
         comment = "Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder"
-        GemfileEntry.new "jbuilder", "~> 2.5", comment, {}, options[:api]
+        GemfileEntry.new "jbuilder", "~> 2.7", comment, {}, options[:api]
       end
 
       def javascript_gemfile_entry