diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9aaa1739..976029f3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
+gem 'rails', '~>4.1.16'
+
 gem "mime-types", "< 3", group: :test
 
-if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.2.2'
-  gem 'rails'
-  gem 'rack'
-  gem 'json', '>= 2'
-else
-  gem 'rails', '~> 4.2.0'
-  gem 'rack', '~>1.6'
-  gem 'json', '~> 1.8.0'
-end
+gem 'rack', '~>1.6'
+gem 'json', '~> 1.8.0'
 
 if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.1'
   gem 'nokogiri'
diff --git a/jquery-rails.gemspec b/jquery-rails.gemspec
index 3e7ed276..771886b6 100644
--- a/jquery-rails.gemspec
+++ b/jquery-rails.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.required_ruby_version = ">= 1.9.3"
   s.required_rubygems_version = ">= 1.3.6"
 
-  s.add_dependency "railties", ">= 4.2.0"
+  s.add_dependency "railties", ">= 4.1.16"
   s.add_dependency "thor",     ">= 0.14", "< 2.0"
 
   s.add_dependency "rails-dom-testing", ">= 1", "< 3"