diff --git a/sensu-plugins-aws.gemspec b/sensu-plugins-aws.gemspec
index 98102928..11320fcd 100644
--- a/sensu-plugins-aws.gemspec
+++ b/sensu-plugins-aws.gemspec
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s| # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockLength
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                      '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'redcarpet',                 '~> 3.2'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',                     '~> 3.4'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',                   '~> 0.51.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',                   '~> 0.81.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'yard',                      '~> 0.9.11'
 end