diff --git a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
index 20ef393361..a17169feb7 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", "~> 1.18.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.25.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov", "~> 0.21.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov-console", "~> 0.9.1"
   spec.add_development_dependency "stackprof", "~> 0.2.16"