diff --git a/oxidized.gemspec b/oxidized.gemspec
index 01cf77e3d..2e3bdffd5 100644
--- a/oxidized.gemspec
+++ b/oxidized.gemspec
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'mocha',               '~> 2.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'pry',                 '~> 0.15.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                '~> 13.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 1.69.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 1.71.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-minitest',    '~> 0.36.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rake',        '~> 0.6.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-sequel',      '~> 0.3.3'