diff --git a/oxidized.gemspec b/oxidized.gemspec
index 9553bd43d..cc38a4e03 100644
--- a/oxidized.gemspec
+++ b/oxidized.gemspec
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',             '~> 13.0'
   # Rubocop introduces new rules in minor versions, so we limit automatic
   # updates to patches
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',          '~> 1.86.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',          '~> 1.88.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-minitest', '~> 0.39.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rake',     '~> 0.7.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-sequel',   '~> 0.4.0'