diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 28407d2f..c0e56c46 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ Style/Documentation:
 
 Style/IfUnlessModifier:
   Enabled: false
+
+Style/RedundantRegexpEscape:
+  Enabled: false # Escaping chars helps with syntax highlighting
diff --git a/route_translator.gemspec b/route_translator.gemspec
index 213690c7..fd6cf9d9 100644
--- a/route_translator.gemspec
+++ b/route_translator.gemspec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.14'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rails', '>= 5.0.0.1', '< 6.1'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0.84.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0.85.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.6'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rails', '~> 2.5'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.18.5'