diff --git a/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec b/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
index 1cc5dfee..ba43384f 100644
--- a/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.71.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.23.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rake', '~> 0.6.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.25.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.31.0'
 
   s.files            = Dir['README.md', 'LICENSE', 'VERSION', 'lib/**/*']
   s.rdoc_options     = ['--charset=UTF-8']