diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index a619c1e8..cfd4b781 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'coveralls',           '~> 0.8.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'memory_profiler',     '~> 0.9.13'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                '~> 13.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',               '~> 3.8.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',               '~> 3.9.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its',           '~> 1.3.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 0.75.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.5.0'