diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 75ddb8d41..39d795192 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rubocop", "~> 0.93.1", require: false # Automatic Ruby code style checking tool
   gem "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.8", require: false # A collection of RuboCop cops to check for performance optimizations in Ruby code
   gem "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.8", require: false # Automatic Rails code style checking tool
-  gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 1.43", require: false # Code style checking for RSpec files
+  gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 1.44", require: false # Code style checking for RSpec files
   gem "spring", "~> 2.1" # Preloads your application so things like console, rake and tests run faster
   gem "spring-commands-rspec", "~> 1.0" # rspec command for spring
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a4b6fcf1f..e227147ce 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ GEM
       rubocop-ast (>= 0.6.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.4.0, < 2.0)
-    rubocop-ast (0.8.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.0.1)
       parser (>= 2.7.1.5)
     rubocop-performance (1.8.1)
       rubocop (>= 0.87.0)
@@ -674,8 +674,9 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 0.87.0)
-    rubocop-rspec (1.43.2)
+    rubocop-rspec (1.44.1)
       rubocop (~> 0.87)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 0.7.1)
     ruby-prof (1.4.1)
     ruby-progressbar (1.10.1)
     ruby-statistics (2.1.2)
@@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rubocop (~> 0.93.1)
   rubocop-performance (~> 1.8)
   rubocop-rails (~> 2.8)
-  rubocop-rspec (~> 1.43)
+  rubocop-rspec (~> 1.44)
   ruby-prof (~> 1.4)
   rubyzip (~> 2.3)
   s3_direct_upload (~> 0.1)
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