diff --git a/bin/express-cli.js b/bin/express-cli.js
index 380a447d..3bb5703e 100755
--- a/bin/express-cli.js
+++ b/bin/express-cli.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function createApplication (name, dir, options, done) {
     },
     dependencies: {
       debug: '~2.6.9',
-      express: '~4.17.1'
+      express: '~5.1.0'
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/cmd.js b/test/cmd.js
index 4a102a94..049342d6 100644
--- a/test/cmd.js
+++ b/test/cmd.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('express(1)', function () {
         '  "dependencies": {\n' +
         '    "cookie-parser": "~1.4.5",\n' +
         '    "debug": "~2.6.9",\n' +
-        '    "express": "~4.17.1",\n' +
+        '    "express": "~5.1.0",\n' +
         '    "http-errors": "~1.7.2",\n' +
         '    "jade": "~1.11.0",\n' +
         '    "morgan": "~1.10.0"\n' +