diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index 4dedaa22..c3f9ef53 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',               '~> 3.9.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its',           '~> 1.3.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 0.78.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 0.79.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.5.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov',           '~> 0.16.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'stackprof',           '~> 0.2.12'