diff --git a/Gemfile.devtools b/Gemfile.devtools
index 673e2c0..4bac325 100644
--- a/Gemfile.devtools
+++ b/Gemfile.devtools
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ group :test do
 end
 
 group :tools do
-  # this is the same version that we use on codacy
-  gem "rubocop", "1.16.0"
+  gem "rubocop", "~> 1.24.0"
 end