diff --git a/ruby-zstds.gemspec b/ruby-zstds.gemspec
index 71e8c1a..f6ed4e9 100644
--- a/ruby-zstds.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-zstds.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ GEMSPEC = Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency "parallel"
   gem.add_development_dependency "rake"
   gem.add_development_dependency "rake-compiler"
-  gem.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.15"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 1.16"
   gem.add_development_dependency "rubocop-minitest", "~> 0.12"
   gem.add_development_dependency "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.11"
   gem.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rake", "~> 0.5"