diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index cfb318778..1db6966f0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ gem 'bump', require: false
 gem 'rake'
 gem 'rspec'
 gem 'rubocop', github: 'rubocop/rubocop'
-gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.25.0'
+gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.26.0'
 gem 'simplecov'
 gem 'test-queue'
 gem 'yard', '~> 0.9'
diff --git a/spec/project_spec.rb b/spec/project_spec.rb
index a967b1e9f..342f226fd 100644
--- a/spec/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/project_spec.rb
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 
       dir = File.expand_path('../changelog', __dir__)
 
-      it 'will not have a directory' do
+      it 'does not have a directory' do
         expect(Dir["#{dir}/*"].none? { |path| File.directory?(path) }).to be(true)
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/performance/count_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/performance/count_spec.rb
index 2e6bf293b..950f9f6a4 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/performance/count_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/performance/count_spec.rb
@@ -182,11 +182,11 @@ def count(&block)
   end
 
   context 'properly parses non related code' do
-    it 'will not raise an error for Bundler.setup' do
+    it 'does not raise an error for Bundler.setup' do
       expect { inspect_source('Bundler.setup(:default, :development)') }.not_to raise_error
     end
 
-    it 'will not raise an error for RakeTask.new' do
+    it 'does not raise an error for RakeTask.new' do
       expect { inspect_source('RakeTask.new(:spec)') }.not_to raise_error
     end
   end