diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 9f2ce215..249d6759 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ AllCops:
   TargetRubyVersion: 2.6
   Exclude:
     - "lib/generators/**/templates/**/*"
+  SuggestExtensions: false
+  NewCops: disable
 
 Metrics/BlockLength:
   Exclude:
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ Metrics/ModuleLength:
   Exclude:
     - "**/*_spec.rb"
 
-Metrics/LineLength:
+Layout/LineLength:
   Max: 120
 
 Metrics/AbcSize:
@@ -27,7 +29,10 @@ Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity:
 Metrics/PerceivedComplexity:
   Enabled: false
 
-Layout/AlignParameters:
+Gemspec/RequiredRubyVersion:
+ Enabled: false
+
+Layout/ParameterAlignment:
   EnforcedStyle: with_fixed_indentation
 
 Layout/CaseIndentation:
@@ -63,5 +68,5 @@ Style/Not:
 Style/DoubleNegation:
   Enabled: false
 
-Documentation:
+Style/Documentation:
   Enabled: false # TODO: Enable again once we have more docs
diff --git a/pundit.gemspec b/pundit.gemspec
index 41e68e0b..2cfdb7d9 100644
--- a/pundit.gemspec
+++ b/pundit.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency "pry"
   gem.add_development_dependency "rake"
   gem.add_development_dependency "rspec", ">= 3.0.0"
-  gem.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "0.74.0"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "1.24.0"
   gem.add_development_dependency "simplecov", ">= 0.17.0"
   gem.add_development_dependency "yard"
 end
diff --git a/spec/policy_finder_spec.rb b/spec/policy_finder_spec.rb
index 9dd9c925..11eb25a8 100644
--- a/spec/policy_finder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/policy_finder_spec.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require "spec_helper"
 
+class Foo; end
 RSpec.describe Pundit::PolicyFinder do
   let(:user) { double }
   let(:post) { Post.new(user) }
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@
 
     context "with a class that doesn't have an associated policy" do
       it "returns nil" do
-        class Foo; end
         object = described_class.new(Foo)
 
         expect(object.policy).to eq nil
diff --git a/spec/pundit_spec.rb b/spec/pundit_spec.rb
index beb6b52e..91aefc34 100644
--- a/spec/pundit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/pundit_spec.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   let(:article) { Article.new }
   let(:artificial_blog) { ArtificialBlog.new }
   let(:article_tag) { ArticleTag.new }
-  let(:comments_relation) { CommentsRelation.new }
-  let(:empty_comments_relation) { CommentsRelation.new(true) }
+  let(:comments_relation) { CommentsRelation.new(empty: false) }
+  let(:empty_comments_relation) { CommentsRelation.new(empty: true) }
   let(:tag_four_five_six) { ProjectOneTwoThree::TagFourFiveSix.new(user) }
   let(:avatar_four_five_six) { ProjectOneTwoThree::AvatarFourFiveSix.new }
   let(:wiki) { Wiki.new }
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 4595d258..192146f2 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ def self.policy_class
 
 class CommentScope
   attr_reader :original_object
+
   def initialize(original_object)
     @original_object = original_object
   end
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class Comment
 end
 
 class CommentsRelation
-  def initialize(empty = false)
+  def initialize(empty: false)
     @empty = empty
   end
 
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ def destroy?
 end
 
 class Wiki; end
+
 class WikiPolicy
   class Scope
     # deliberate typo method
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ def initalize; end
 class Thread
   def self.all; end
 end
+
 class ThreadPolicy < Struct.new(:user, :thread)
   class Scope < Struct.new(:user, :scope)
     def resolve