diff --git a/lib/wpscan/target/platform/wordpress.rb b/lib/wpscan/target/platform/wordpress.rb
index ac62a7f7..739428ca 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/target/platform/wordpress.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/target/platform/wordpress.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ module WPScan
       module WordPress
         include CMSScanner::Target::Platform::PHP
 
-        WORDPRESS_PATTERN      = %r{/(?:(?:wp-content/(?:themes|(?:mu-)?plugins|uploads))|wp-includes)/}i.freeze
-        WP_JSON_OEMBED_PATTERN = %r{/wp-json/oembed/}i.freeze
-        WP_ADMIN_AJAX_PATTERN  = %r{\\?/wp-admin\\?/admin-ajax\.php}i.freeze
+        WORDPRESS_PATTERN        = %r{/(?:(?:wp-content/(?:themes|(?:mu-)?plugins|uploads))|wp-includes)/}i.freeze
+        WORDPRESS_HOSTED_PATTERN = %r{https?://s\d\.wp\.com#{WORDPRESS_PATTERN}}i.freeze
+        WP_JSON_OEMBED_PATTERN   = %r{/wp-json/oembed/}i.freeze
+        WP_ADMIN_AJAX_PATTERN    = %r{\\?/wp-admin\\?/admin-ajax\.php}i.freeze
 
         # These methods are used in the associated interesting_findings finders
         # to keep the boolean state of the finding rather than re-check the whole thing again
@@ -103,11 +104,8 @@ module WPScan
           return true if /\.wordpress\.com$/i.match?(uri.host)
 
           unless content_dir
-            pattern = %r{https?://s\d\.wp\.com#{WORDPRESS_PATTERN}}i.freeze
-            xpath   = '(//@href|//@src)[contains(., "wp.com")]'
-
-            uris_from_page(homepage_res, xpath) do |uri|
-              return true if uri.to_s.match?(pattern)
+            uris_from_page(homepage_res, '(//@href|//@src)[contains(., "wp.com")]') do |uri|
+              return true if uri.to_s.match?(WORDPRESS_HOSTED_PATTERN)
             end
           end
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index f529dd33..1df04458 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def rspec_parsed_options(args)
     a << WPScan::Controller.const_get(sym).new
   end
 
-  controllers.option_parser.results(args.split(' '))
+  controllers.option_parser.results(args.split)
 end
 
 # TODO: remove when https://github.com/bblimke/webmock/issues/552 fixed
diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index 31eaed85..a2bea30c 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ 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',             '~> 1.3.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.8.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 1.4.2'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.9.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov',           '~> 0.19.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov-lcov',      '~> 0.8.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'stackprof',           '~> 0.2.12'