diff --git a/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec b/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
index 98de5c20..c5c87f3d 100644
--- a/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.13'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.50.2'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.21.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.23.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rake', '~> 0.6.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.25.0'