diff --git a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
index b1a1f0e5a6..897c3cded7 100644
--- a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
+++ b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.8"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-its", "~> 1.2"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.39.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.42.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.15.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov", "~> 0.22.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov-console", "~> 0.9.1"