diff --git a/cucumber-rails.gemspec b/cucumber-rails.gemspec
index 6f5420ec..774122af 100644
--- a/cucumber-rails.gemspec
+++ b/cucumber-rails.gemspec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency('database_cleaner', ['>= 1.8', '< 3.0'])
   s.add_development_dependency('rake', '>= 12.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('rspec', '~> 3.6')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop', '~> 1.24.0')
+  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop', '~> 1.28.2')
   s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-packaging', '~> 0.5.1')
   s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-performance', '~> 1.10.2')
   s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.2.0')