diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 541d35c3aa..2b33c60993 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ group :assets do
   gem 'compass-rails'
   gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1'
 
-  # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
-  gem 'therubyracer'
+  gem 'mini_racer'
+  # We found that the following version of libv8 breaks the compilation of mini_racer.
+  # Nothing else depends on libv8.
+  gem 'libv8', '!= 6.7.288.46.1'
 
   gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 70f0963514..9ec89f5f31 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ GEM
       addressable (~> 2.3)
     letter_opener (1.6.0)
       launchy (~> 2.2)
-    libv8 (3.16.14.19)
+    libv8 (6.3.292.48.1)
     listen (3.0.8)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@ GEM
     mime-types (1.25.1)
     mini_mime (1.0.1)
     mini_portile2 (2.1.0)
+    mini_racer (0.1.15)
+      libv8 (~> 6.3)
     momentjs-rails (2.5.1)
       railties (>= 3.1)
     money (5.1.0)
@@ -574,7 +576,6 @@ GEM
     rdoc (3.12.2)
       json (~> 1.4)
     redcarpet (3.2.3)
-    ref (2.0.0)
     representative (1.0.5)
       activesupport (>= 2.2.2)
       builder (>= 2.1.2)
@@ -655,9 +656,6 @@ GEM
     stringex (1.3.3)
     stripe (3.3.2)
       faraday (~> 0.9)
-    therubyracer (0.12.3)
-      libv8 (~> 3.16.14.15)
-      ref
     thor (0.20.0)
     tilt (1.4.1)
     timecop (0.9.1)
@@ -756,7 +754,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jwt (~> 1.5)
   knapsack
   letter_opener (>= 1.4.1)
+  libv8 (!= 6.7.288.46.1)
   listen (= 3.0.8)
+  mini_racer
   momentjs-rails
   nokogiri (>= 1.6.7.1)
   oauth2 (~> 1.2.0)
@@ -792,7 +792,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   spree_i18n!
   spree_paypal_express!
   stripe (~> 3.3.2)
-  therubyracer
   timecop
   truncate_html
   turbo-sprockets-rails3