diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 025da71f7..7ea2ddcfc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rubocop", "~> 1.25", require: false # Automatic Ruby code style checking tool
   gem "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.13", require: false # A collection of RuboCop cops to check for performance optimizations in Ruby code
   gem "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.13", require: false # Automatic Rails code style checking tool
-  gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 2.7", require: false # Code style checking for RSpec files
+  gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 2.8", require: false # Code style checking for RSpec files
   gem "sassc-rails", "~> 2.1.2" # Integrate SassC-Ruby into Rails
   gem "spring", "~> 4.0" # Preloads your application so things like console, rake and tests run faster
   gem "spring-commands-rspec", "~> 1.0" # rspec command for spring
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cbbe24006..a6324d391 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
-    rubocop-rspec (2.7.0)
+    rubocop-rspec (2.8.0)
       rubocop (~> 1.19)
     ruby-next-core (0.12.0)
     ruby-prof (1.4.3)
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rubocop (~> 1.25)
   rubocop-performance (~> 1.13)
   rubocop-rails (~> 2.13)
-  rubocop-rspec (~> 2.7)
+  rubocop-rspec (~> 2.8)
   ruby-prof (~> 1.4)
   rubyzip (~> 2.3)
   s3_direct_upload (~> 0.1)
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