diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cb971a61..d3f8710e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ rvm:
   - 2.4.9
   - 2.5.7
   - 2.6.5
-before_install:
-  - "echo 'gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc' > ~/.gemrc"
-  - gem update --system
 script:
   - bundle exec rubocop
   - bundle exec rspec
diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index e5f5f654..9fb5ec0e 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',             '~> 0.77.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 0.78.0'
   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'