diff --git a/ojs.gemspec b/ojs.gemspec
index 000561e..46d1be3 100644
--- a/ojs.gemspec
+++ b/ojs.gemspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.12"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.60"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec", "~> 2.25"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec", "~> 3.9"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov", "~> 0.22"
   spec.add_development_dependency "webmock", "~> 3.14.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "yard", "~> 0.9"