diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ee1d9da27..5a94da57b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rubocop", "~> 0.85.1", require: false # Automatic Ruby code style checking tool
   gem "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.6", require: false # A collection of RuboCop cops to check for performance optimizations in Ruby code
   gem "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.6", require: false # Automatic Rails code style checking tool
-  gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 1.39", require: false # Code style checking for RSpec files
+  gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 1.40", 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 61def4812..bae4ec66b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 0.82.0)
-    rubocop-rspec (1.39.0)
+    rubocop-rspec (1.40.0)
       rubocop (>= 0.68.1)
     ruby-prof (1.4.1)
     ruby-progressbar (1.10.1)
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rubocop (~> 0.85.1)
   rubocop-performance (~> 1.6)
   rubocop-rails (~> 2.6)
-  rubocop-rspec (~> 1.39)
+  rubocop-rspec (~> 1.40)
   ruby-prof (~> 1.4)
   rubyzip (~> 2.3)
   s3_direct_upload (~> 0.1)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/rubocop-rspec-1.39.0.gem b/vendor/cache/rubocop-rspec-1.39.0.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/rubocop-rspec-1.40.0.gem b/vendor/cache/rubocop-rspec-1.40.0.gem
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