diff --git a/modulesync.gemspec b/modulesync.gemspec
index 4fe08f3..5d5c1a0 100644
--- a/modulesync.gemspec
+++ b/modulesync.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'simplecov'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 2.7.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 2.8.0'
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'git', '~>1.7'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'gitlab', '~>4.0'