diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index ddeef6af..e1ef9a28 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -203,3 +203,6 @@ Style/SymbolArray:
 
 Style/WordArray:
   Enabled: false
+
+Style/YodaExpression:
+  Enabled: false
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 93eb9f75..9fb5c1e9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.5', require: false
 group :development, :test do
   # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
   gem 'byebug', platform: :mri
-  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.39.0', require: false
+  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.42.0', require: false
   gem 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.15.2'
   gem 'rubocop-rails', '~> 2.17.4'
   gem 'dotenv-rails'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 36c6933e..2488bd71 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -277,14 +277,14 @@ GEM
       sinatra (>= 0.9.2)
     retriable (3.1.2)
     rexml (3.2.5)
-    rubocop (1.39.0)
+    rubocop (1.42.0)
       json (~> 2.3)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
       parser (>= 3.1.2.1)
       rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
       regexp_parser (>= 1.8, < 3.0)
       rexml (>= 3.2.5, < 4.0)
-      rubocop-ast (>= 1.23.0, < 2.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.24.1, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.4.0, < 3.0)
     rubocop-ast (1.24.1)
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (~> 7.0.4)
   redis (~> 5.0)
   resque (~> 2.4.0)
-  rubocop (~> 1.39.0)
+  rubocop (~> 1.42.0)
   rubocop-performance (~> 1.15.2)
   rubocop-rails (~> 2.17.4)
   sassc-rails (~> 2.1.2)
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v0/versions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v0/versions_controller.rb
index 0c1111eb..4111674d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v0/versions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v0/versions_controller.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def sampled
     end
 
     next_version = page.versions.where('capture_time < ?', time_range[0]).select(:uuid, :capture_time).first
-    if samples.length.zero? && next_version.nil?
+    if samples.empty? && next_version.nil?
       raise Api::NotFoundError, '`to` time is older than the oldest version'
     end