diff --git a/dependabot-core.gemspec b/dependabot-core.gemspec
index f24a1e9814..657d2f2d58 100644
--- a/dependabot-core.gemspec
+++ b/dependabot-core.gemspec
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.7.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-its", "~> 1.2.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 0.53.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 0.54.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "webmock", "~> 3.3.0"
 end