diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index c7ab14d2..6cd94f03 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',               '~> 3.10.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its',           '~> 1.3.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 1.5.1'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 1.6.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.9.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov',           '~> 0.20.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov-lcov',      '~> 0.8.0'