diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 82fe7122d..a17f8291e 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require:
+  - rubocop-performance
   - rubocop-rspec
 
 inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 569dc5b84..0fb5144f4 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ require: rubocop-rspec
 # Remove these configuration records
 # one by one as the offenses are removed from the code base.
 
+Layout/AlignArguments:
+  Enabled: false
+
 Metrics/AbcSize:
-  Max: 21 # Goal: 15
+  Max: 20 # Goal: 15
 
 Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity:
-  Max: 8 # Goal: 6
+  Max: 7 # Goal: 6
 
 Metrics/PerceivedComplexity:
   Max: 9 # Goal: 7
@@ -18,6 +21,18 @@ Naming/MemoizedInstanceVariableName:
 RSpec/ContextWording:
   Enabled: false
 
+RSpec/HooksBeforeExamples:
+  Exclude:
+    - spec/controllers/articles_controller_spec.rb
+    - spec/models/version_spec.rb
+    - spec/paper_trail/config_spec.rb
+    - spec/paper_trail/request_spec.rb
+    - spec/paper_trail_spec.rb
+
+RSpec/ImplicitSubject:
+  Exclude:
+    - spec/paper_trail/events/base_spec.rb
+
 RSpec/InstanceVariable:
   Exclude:
     - spec/paper_trail/associations/belongs_to_spec.rb
diff --git a/paper_trail.gemspec b/paper_trail.gemspec
index 9dc6c0981..1511296e4 100644
--- a/paper_trail.gemspec
+++ b/paper_trail.gemspec
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ has been destroyed.
   s.add_development_dependency "pg", "~> 1.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 12.3"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", "~> 3.8"
-  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 0.62.0"
-  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec", "~> 1.28.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 0.71.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.3.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec", "~> 1.33.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.3.13"
 end