diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 91f752d3..6cf84967 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ AllCops:
     - gemfiles/vendor/bundle/**/* # This dir only shows up on travis ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     - spec/dummy_app/db/schema.rb # Generated, out of our control
 
+  # Enable pending cops so we can adopt the code before they are switched on.
+  NewCops: enable
+
   # Set to lowest supported version
   TargetRubyVersion: 2.4
 
diff --git a/paper_trail.gemspec b/paper_trail.gemspec
index b33ecd41..125698f3 100644
--- a/paper_trail.gemspec
+++ b/paper_trail.gemspec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ has been destroyed.
   s.add_development_dependency "paper_trail-association_tracking", "~> 2.0.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", "~> 4.0"
-  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 0.82.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop", "~> 0.85.1"
   s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.4"
   s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec", "~> 1.35"
 
diff --git a/spec/dummy_app/app/models/song.rb b/spec/dummy_app/app/models/song.rb
index be7cc812..1c655e31 100644
--- a/spec/dummy_app/app/models/song.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy_app/app/models/song.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Song < ActiveRecord::Base
     attribute :name, :string
   else
     attr_accessor :name
+
     prepend OverrideSongAttributesTheRails4Way
   end
 end