diff --git a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
index 0bd74988bc8..5fbef92467c 100644
--- a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
+++ b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ 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", "~> 1.35.1"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.36.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.14.2"
   spec.add_development_dependency "ruby-debug-ide", "~> 0.7.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov", "~> 0.21.0"