diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 11e4502849a..d59edbc8b17 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ Lint/RequireParentheses:
 Lint/RescueException:
   Description: 'Avoid rescuing the Exception class.'
   StyleGuide: 'https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide#no-blind-rescues'
-  Enabled: false
+  Enabled: true
 
 Lint/ShadowingOuterLocalVariable:
   Description: >-