diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/active_admin_globalize.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/active_admin_globalize.js.coffee
index a4cc79ee..46c08777 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/active_admin_globalize.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/active_admin_globalize.js.coffee
@@ -135,8 +135,12 @@ $ ->
         updateLocaleButtonsStatus($dom)
         $tabs.filter('.default').click()
 
+  $a = $("a")
+  # jQuery 1.7 introduced "on" and deprecated "bind"
+  # AA 1.2 bumps jquery-rails to >= 4.2, so we can drop "bind" once AA req is bumped
+  bindingMethod = if ("on" of $a && typeof $a.on == 'function') then "on" else "bind"
   # this is to handle elements created with has_many
-  $("a").bind "click", ->
+  $a[bindingMethod] "click", ->
     setTimeout(
       -> translations()
       50