diff --git a/app/views/layouts/spotlight/base.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/spotlight/base.html.erb
index d386874b1d..24699e5bc5 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/spotlight/base.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/spotlight/base.html.erb
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@
     <% else %>
       <%= stylesheet_link_tag "application" %>
     <% end %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>
+    <% if defined? Importmap %>
+      <script
+			  src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.slim.min.js"
+			  integrity="sha256-kmHvs0B+OpCW5GVHUNjv9rOmY0IvSIRcf7zGUDTDQM8="
+			  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+      <%= javascript_importmap_tags %>
+    <% else %>
+      <%= javascript_include_tag "application", "data-turbo-track": "reload", defer: true %>
+    <% end %>
     <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
     <%= content_for(:head) %>
     <%= description %>
diff --git a/lib/generators/spotlight/install_generator.rb b/lib/generators/spotlight/install_generator.rb
index 818ece397a..dc0dccce94 100644
--- a/lib/generators/spotlight/install_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/spotlight/install_generator.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ class Install < Rails::Generators::Base
     class_option :mailer_default_url_host, type: :string, default: '' # e.g. localhost:3000
 
     def add_manifest
-      append_to_file 'app/assets/javascripts/application.js', "\n//= require_tree .\n"
       append_to_file 'app/assets/config/manifest.js', "\n//= link spotlight/manifest.js"
 
-      # Rails installed importmap by default, but we don't have importmap + Blacklight 7 working yet.
-      remove_file 'app/javascript/application.js'
+      if Blacklight.version.to_i > 7
+        append_to_file 'app/javascripts/application.js', "\nimport Spotlight from \"spotlight\"\n"
+      else
+        append_to_file 'app/assets/javascripts/application.js', "\n//= require_tree .\n"
+
+        # Rails installed importmap by default, but Blacklight 7 doesn't support importmap.
+        # We must remove the importmap entrypoint or Sprockets will have a double link error with two files named application.js
+        remove_file 'app/javascript/application.js'
+      end
     end
 
     def inject_spotlight_routes
diff --git a/spec/test_app_templates/lib/generators/test_app_generator.rb b/spec/test_app_templates/lib/generators/test_app_generator.rb
index 10589f5bab..6059ba6765 100644
--- a/spec/test_app_templates/lib/generators/test_app_generator.rb
+++ b/spec/test_app_templates/lib/generators/test_app_generator.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def use_capybara3
   end
 
   def add_gems
-    gem 'blacklight', ENV['BLACKLIGHT_VERSION'] || '~> 7.17' unless Bundler.locked_gems.dependencies.key? 'blacklight'
+    gem 'blacklight', ENV['BLACKLIGHT_VERSION'] || '~> 8.4' unless Bundler.locked_gems.dependencies.key? 'blacklight'
     gem 'blacklight-gallery', '~> 4.5' unless Bundler.locked_gems.dependencies.key? 'blacklight-gallery'
 
     unless Bundler.locked_gems.dependencies.key? 'bootstrap_form'