diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6660ec71..a123b942 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ group :development do
   gem 'rake'
   gem 'rspec', '~> 3.1'
   gem 'rspec-its', '~> 1.0'
-  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.50.0', require: false
-  gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.19', require: false
+  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.64.0', require: false
+  gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 3.0', require: false
   gem 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.16', require: false
-  gem 'rubocop-factory_bot', '!= 2.26.0', require: false
-  gem 'rubocop-rspec_rails', '!= 2.29.0', require: false
 
   gem 'fakefs'
   gem 'yard'
diff --git a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/puppetlabs_spec/puppet_internals.rb b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/puppetlabs_spec/puppet_internals.rb
index a50e3b84..09ffc159 100644
--- a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/puppetlabs_spec/puppet_internals.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/puppetlabs_spec/puppet_internals.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def function_method(name, parts = {})
       # exposed hack.
       return nil unless Puppet::Parser::Functions.function(name)
 
-      scope.method("function_#{name}".to_sym)
+      scope.method(:"function_#{name}")
     end
     module_function :function_method
   end
diff --git a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/tasks/fixtures.rb b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/tasks/fixtures.rb
index 8f82e176..6ecc0283 100644
--- a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/tasks/fixtures.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/tasks/fixtures.rb
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def download_items(items)
           end
         end
         # wait for all the threads to finish
-        items.each { |_remote, opts| opts[:thread].join }
+        items.each_value { |opts| opts[:thread].join }
       end
 
       # @param target [String] - the target directory
@@ -427,12 +427,12 @@ def download_module(remote, opts)
 
 desc 'Clean up the fixtures directory'
 task :spec_clean do
-  repositories.each do |_remote, opts|
+  repositories.each_value do |opts|
     target = opts['target']
     FileUtils.rm_rf(target)
   end
 
-  forge_modules.each do |_remote, opts|
+  forge_modules.each_value do |opts|
     target = opts['target']
     FileUtils.rm_rf(target)
   end
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def download_module(remote, opts)
 
 desc 'Clean up any fixture symlinks'
 task :spec_clean_symlinks do
-  fixtures('symlinks').each do |_source, opts|
+  fixtures('symlinks').each_value do |opts|
     target = opts['target']
     FileUtils.rm_f(target)
   end