diff --git a/instrumentation/base/opentelemetry-instrumentation-base.gemspec b/instrumentation/base/opentelemetry-instrumentation-base.gemspec
index 0362d3821..90edf29d0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/base/opentelemetry-instrumentation-base.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/base/opentelemetry-instrumentation-base.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'opentelemetry-test-helpers', '~> 0.3'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.70.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.71.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.23.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.22.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.9'