diff --git a/metadata-json-lint.gemspec b/metadata-json-lint.gemspec
index 3cc5843..b87d18c 100644
--- a/metadata-json-lint.gemspec
+++ b/metadata-json-lint.gemspec
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'spdx-licenses', '~> 1.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0', '>= 13.0.6'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.12'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 2.7.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 2.8.0'
 end