diff --git a/sensu-plugins-postgres.gemspec b/sensu-plugins-postgres.gemspec
index df96a89..bd70a78 100644
--- a/sensu-plugins-postgres.gemspec
+++ b/sensu-plugins-postgres.gemspec
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                      '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'redcarpet',                 '~> 3.2'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',                     '~> 3.1'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',                   '~> 0.79.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',                   '~> 1.12.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'serverspec',                '~> 2.41.5'
   s.add_development_dependency 'test-kitchen',              '~> 1.25.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'yard',                      '~> 0.9.11'