diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b649b97cdd..2a0f5af8b1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 gem 'berkshelf',     '~> 2.0'
 gem 'chefspec',      '~> 2.0'
 gem 'foodcritic',    '~> 3.0'
-gem 'rubocop',       '~> 0.14'
+gem 'rubocop',       '~> 0.17'
 
 # group :development do
 #   gem 'guard',         '~> 2.0'