diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index da4e27666..e4b310171 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cache:
   bundler: true
   directories:
     - app/assets/images
-    - tmp/cache/assets/test
+    - tmp/cache/assets
 
 branches:
   only:
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 19f037bb3..c19e6f890 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ gem "bootstrap-sass",         "3.3.7"
 gem "bootstrap-switch-rails", "3.3.3"
 gem "compass-rails",          "3.0.2"
 gem "sass-rails",             "5.0.6"
-gem "sprockets",              "2.12.4"
+gem "sprockets-rails",        "3.2.0"
 
 # Database
 
@@ -312,7 +312,4 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "jasmine-jquery-rails",      "2.0.3"
   gem "rails-assets-jasmine-ajax", "3.3.1", source: "https://rails-assets.org"
   gem "sinon-rails",               "1.15.0"
-
-  # silence assets
-  gem "quiet_assets", "1.1.0"
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 50486ca8d..ddea815ec 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ GEM
       tilt (>= 1.2)
     hashdiff (0.3.4)
     hashie (3.5.6)
-    hike (1.2.3)
     hitimes (1.2.5)
     http (2.2.2)
       addressable (~> 2.3)
@@ -464,8 +463,6 @@ GEM
       byebug (~> 9.0)
       pry (~> 0.10)
     public_suffix (2.0.5)
-    quiet_assets (1.1.0)
-      railties (>= 3.1, < 5.0)
     rack (1.6.8)
     rack-cors (1.0.1)
     rack-google-analytics (1.2.0)
@@ -657,15 +654,13 @@ GEM
       spring (>= 0.9.1)
     spring-commands-rspec (1.0.4)
       spring (>= 0.9.1)
-    sprockets (2.12.4)
-      hike (~> 1.2)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
-      rack (~> 1.0)
-      tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
-    sprockets-rails (2.3.3)
-      actionpack (>= 3.0)
-      activesupport (>= 3.0)
-      sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
+    sprockets (3.7.1)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+      rack (> 1, < 3)
+    sprockets-rails (3.2.0)
+      actionpack (>= 4.0)
+      activesupport (>= 4.0)
+      sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
     state_machines (0.5.0)
     string-direction (1.2.0)
       yard (~> 0.8)
@@ -686,7 +681,7 @@ GEM
       activerecord (>= 3.2)
     thor (0.19.1)
     thread_safe (0.3.6)
-    tilt (1.4.1)
+    tilt (2.0.8)
     timecop (0.9.1)
     timers (4.1.2)
       hitimes
@@ -829,7 +824,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pronto-scss (= 0.9.1)
   pry
   pry-byebug
-  quiet_assets (= 1.1.0)
   rack-cors (= 1.0.1)
   rack-google-analytics (= 1.2.0)
   rack-piwik (= 0.3.0)
@@ -879,7 +873,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   spring (= 2.0.2)
   spring-commands-cucumber (= 1.0.1)
   spring-commands-rspec (= 1.0.4)
-  sprockets (= 2.12.4)
+  sprockets-rails (= 3.2.0)
   string-direction (= 1.2.0)
   test_after_commit (= 1.1.0)
   thor (= 0.19.1)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/jsxc.js b/app/assets/javascripts/jsxc.js
index 9e90634ca..66ed5d622 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/jsxc.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/jsxc.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //= require emojione
-//= require favico.js
+//= require favico.js/favico
 
 //= require jquery.ui/ui/resizable
 //= require jquery.ui/ui/draggable
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 2d00a9b03..c32bb8287 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Diaspora::Application.configure do
   # Expands the lines which load the assets
   config.assets.debug = true
 
+  # No assets request logging
+  config.assets.quiet = true
+
   # Set the logging destination(s)
   config.log_to = %w[stdout file]
 
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index ad12d1620..7df9c1b93 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ Diaspora::Application.configure do
   config.serve_static_files = true
   config.static_cache_control = "public, max-age=3600"
 
+  # No assets request logging
+  config.assets.quiet = true
+
+  # Precompile poltergeist_disable_transition.css for tests
+  config.assets.precompile += %w[poltergeist_disable_transition.css]
+
+  # Don't precompile all themes for tests
+  config.assets.precompile -= %w[color_themes/*/desktop.css color_themes/*/mobile.css]
+  config.assets.precompile += %w[
+    color_themes/original/desktop.css
+    color_themes/dark_green/desktop.css
+    color_themes/original/mobile.css
+  ]
+
   # Show full error reports and disable caching
   config.consider_all_requests_local       = true
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = false
diff --git a/config/logging.rb b/config/logging.rb
index 57cf39b0a..2c674562d 100644
--- a/config/logging.rb
+++ b/config/logging.rb
@@ -103,3 +103,10 @@ Logging::Rails.configure do |config|
     end
   end
 end
+
+# Include LoggerSilence from ActiveSupport. This is needed to silent assets
+# requests with `config.assets.quiet`, because the default silence method of
+# the logging gem is no-op. See: https://github.com/TwP/logging/issues/11
+Logging::Logger.send :alias_method, :local_level, :level
+Logging::Logger.send :alias_method, :local_level=, :level=
+Logging::Logger.send :include, LoggerSilence
diff --git a/lib/tasks/assets.rake b/lib/tasks/assets.rake
index 9cbd410e2..0bf591cfb 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/assets.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/assets.rake
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace :assets do
     logger = ::Logging::Logger["assets:non_digest_assets"]
 
     non_digest_assets = Diaspora::Application.config.assets.non_digest_assets
-    manifest_path = Dir.glob(File.join(Rails.root, "public/assets/manifest-*.json")).first
+    manifest_path = Dir.glob(Rails.root.join("public", "assets", ".sprockets-manifest-*.json")).first
 
     JSON.load(File.new(manifest_path))["assets"].each do |logical_path, digested_path|
       logical_pathname = Pathname.new(logical_path)
diff --git a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
index 1109c2a4c..c7564c5be 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ describe ApplicationHelper, :type => :helper do
       end
 
       it 'includes jquery.js from asset pipeline' do
-        expect(helper.jquery_include_tag).to match(/jquery3\.js/)
+        expect(helper.jquery_include_tag).to match(/jquery3-[0-9a-f]{64}\.js/)
         expect(helper.jquery_include_tag).not_to match(/jquery\.com/)
       end
     end
 
     it 'inclues jquery_ujs.js' do
-      expect(helper.jquery_include_tag).to match(/jquery_ujs\.js/)
+      expect(helper.jquery_include_tag).to match(/jquery_ujs-[0-9a-f]{64}\.js/)
     end
 
     it "disables ajax caching" do
diff --git a/spec/presenters/avatar_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/avatar_presenter_spec.rb
index 0a7daea6a..f51b4ef83 100644
--- a/spec/presenters/avatar_presenter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/presenters/avatar_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ describe AvatarPresenter do
     it "returns the default images if no images set" do
       @profile = FactoryGirl.create(:profile, person: alice.person)
       @presenter = AvatarPresenter.new(@profile)
-      expect(@presenter.base_hash).to eq(
-        small:  "/assets/user/default.png",
-        medium: "/assets/user/default.png",
-        large:  "/assets/user/default.png"
-      )
+      expect(@presenter.base_hash.keys).to eq(%i[small medium large])
+      expect(@presenter.base_hash[:small]).to match(%r{/assets/user/default-[0-9a-f]{64}\.png})
+      expect(@presenter.base_hash[:medium]).to match(%r{/assets/user/default-[0-9a-f]{64}\.png})
+      expect(@presenter.base_hash[:large]).to match(%r{/assets/user/default-[0-9a-f]{64}\.png})
     end
   end
 end