diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 2da298ebb..53bd6961c 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Enhancements:
 * Verify ActiveJob arguments by comparing to the method signature. (Oli Peate, #2745)
 * Add suggestion to rails_helper.rb to skip when not in test most. (Glauco Custódio, #2751)
 * Add `at_priority` qualifier to `have_enqueued_job` set of matchers. (mbajur, #2759)
+* Remove Rails version-specific conditional from index scaffold generation. (Matt Jankowski, #2777)
 
 Bug Fixes:
 
diff --git a/lib/generators/rspec/scaffold/templates/index_spec.rb b/lib/generators/rspec/scaffold/templates/index_spec.rb
index 4abbc0da0..627b475cf 100644
--- a/lib/generators/rspec/scaffold/templates/index_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/rspec/scaffold/templates/index_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   it "renders a list of <%= ns_table_name %>" do
     render
-    cell_selector = Rails::VERSION::STRING >= '7' ? 'div>p' : 'tr>td'
+    cell_selector = <%= Rails::VERSION::STRING >= '7' ? "'div>p'" : "'tr>td'" %>
 <% for attribute in output_attributes -%>
     assert_select cell_selector, text: Regexp.new(<%= value_for(attribute) %>.to_s), count: 2
 <% end -%>
diff --git a/spec/generators/rspec/scaffold/scaffold_generator_spec.rb b/spec/generators/rspec/scaffold/scaffold_generator_spec.rb
index edbc23934..4e02682e3 100644
--- a/spec/generators/rspec/scaffold/scaffold_generator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/generators/rspec/scaffold/scaffold_generator_spec.rb
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@
                              .and(contain(/^RSpec.describe "(.*)\/index", #{type_metatag(:view)}/))
                              .and(contain(/assign\(:posts, /))
                              .and(contain(/it "renders a list of (.*)"/))
+
+          if ::Rails::VERSION::STRING >= '7.0.0'
+            expect(filename).to contain(/'div>p'/)
+          else
+            expect(filename).to contain(/'tr>td'/)
+          end
         end
       end