diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index c6fc94bdc..e9e5d0615 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -751,6 +751,10 @@ Rails/DefaultScope:
   StyleGuide: 'https://rails.rubystyle.guide#avoid-default-scope'
   Enabled: true
 
+Rails/EnvironmentVariableAccess:
+  Description: 'Do not access `ENV` directly after initialization.'
+  Enabled: false
+
 Rails/FilePath:
   EnforcedStyle: slashes
 
@@ -805,6 +809,18 @@ Rails/RenderPlainText:
   StyleGuide: 'https://rails.rubystyle.guide/#plain-text-rendering'
   Enabled: true
 
+# TODO: enable this once all loader related deprecations on console/server startup are dealt with
+Rails/RequireDependency:
+  Description: 'Do not use `require_dependency` when running in Zeitwerk mode. `require_dependency` is for autoloading in classic mode.'
+  Reference: 'https://guides.rubyonrails.org/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.html'
+  Enabled: false
+
+Rails/ReversibleMigrationMethodDefinition:
+  Description: 'Checks whether the migration implements either a `change` method or both an `up` and a `down` method.'
+  Enabled: true
+  Include:
+    - db/migrate/*.rb
+
 Rails/ShortI18n:
   Description: 'Use the short form of the I18n methods: `t` instead of `translate` and `l` instead of `localize`.'
   StyleGuide: 'https://rails.rubystyle.guide/#short-i18n'
@@ -820,6 +836,11 @@ Rails/SkipsModelValidations:
 Rails/SquishedSQLHeredocs:
   Enabled: false
 
+Rails/TimeZoneAssignment:
+  Description: 'Prefer the usage of `Time.use_zone` instead of manually updating `Time.zone` value.'
+  Reference: 'https://thoughtbot.com/blog/its-about-time-zones'
+  Enabled: true
+
 Rails/WhereExists:
   Description: 'Prefer `exists?(...)` over `where(...).exists?`.'
   Enabled: true
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 99f06497b..3167b0d95 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rspec-rails", "~> 5.0" # rspec-rails is a testing framework for Rails 3+
   gem "rubocop", "~> 1.13", require: false # Automatic Ruby code style checking tool
   gem "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.11", require: false # A collection of RuboCop cops to check for performance optimizations in Ruby code
-  gem "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.9", require: false # Automatic Rails code style checking tool
+  gem "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.10", require: false # Automatic Rails code style checking tool
   gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 2.3", require: false # Code style checking for RSpec files
   gem "sassc-rails", "~> 2.1.2" # Integrate SassC-Ruby into Rails
   gem "spring", "~> 2.1" # Preloads your application so things like console, rake and tests run faster
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f8270f4c9..a3a486c58 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -661,10 +661,10 @@ GEM
     rubocop-performance (1.11.2)
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 0.4.0)
-    rubocop-rails (2.9.1)
+    rubocop-rails (2.10.0)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
-      rubocop (>= 0.90.0, < 2.0)
+      rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
     rubocop-rspec (2.3.0)
       rubocop (~> 1.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.1.0)
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-retry (~> 0.6)
   rubocop (~> 1.13)
   rubocop-performance (~> 1.11)
-  rubocop-rails (~> 2.9)
+  rubocop-rails (~> 2.10)
   rubocop-rspec (~> 2.3)
   ruby-prof (~> 1.4)
   rubyzip (~> 2.3)
diff --git a/app/services/edge_cache/bust_article.rb b/app/services/edge_cache/bust_article.rb
index 3199ffa2e..87e196aa3 100644
--- a/app/services/edge_cache/bust_article.rb
+++ b/app/services/edge_cache/bust_article.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 module EdgeCache
   class BustArticle
+    # rubocop:disable Rails/RelativeDateConstant
     TIMEFRAMES = [
       [-> { 1.week.ago }, "week"],
       [-> { 1.month.ago }, "month"],
       [-> { 1.year.ago }, "year"],
       [-> { 5.years.ago }, "infinity"],
     ].freeze
+    # rubocop:enable Rails/RelativeDateConstant
 
     def self.call(article)
       return unless article
diff --git a/spec/tasks/metrics_spec.rb b/spec/tasks/metrics_spec.rb
index 75639e5a1..5e05b7440 100644
--- a/spec/tasks/metrics_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/tasks/metrics_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RSpec.describe "Metrics Overview task", type: :task do
   describe "#overview" do
     let(:event_name) { "Admin Overview Link Clicked" }
     let(:click_target) { "https://forem.gitbook.io/forem-admin-guide/quick-start-guide" }
-    let(:host) { ENV['APP_DOMAIN'] }
+    let(:host) { ENV["APP_DOMAIN"] }
 
     it "returns the event count and target for admin overview events" do
       create(:ahoy_event, name: event_name, properties: {
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