diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 73a91c1e84..eaf886c3bd 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
 
 AllCops:
   TargetRubyVersion: 3.3
-  TargetRailsVersion: 7.1
+  TargetRailsVersion: 8.0
+  # used so rubocop doesn't edit old migrations, doesn't need to be perfectly up to date
+  MigratedSchemaVersion: 20241222000400
   DisabledByDefault: false
   Exclude:
     - 'config/initializers/audited.rb'
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/characters_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/characters_controller_spec.rb
index dcc2ea3e00..b204877189 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/characters_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/characters_controller_spec.rb
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
       get :show, params: { id: character.id }
       expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
       expect(response.parsed_body['galleries'].size).to eq(1)
-      expect(response.parsed_body['galleries'][0]['icons'].map { |i| i['keyword'] }).to eq(['xxx', 'yyy', 'zzz']) # rubocop:disable Rails/Pluck
+      expect(response.parsed_body['galleries'][0]['icons'].map { |i| i['keyword'] }).to eq(['xxx', 'yyy', 'zzz'])
     end
 
     it "has associations when present", :show_in_doc do
diff --git a/spec/models/tag_spec.rb b/spec/models/tag_spec.rb
index f09115a930..89e60304f8 100644
--- a/spec/models/tag_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/tag_spec.rb
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def create_tags
       tags = create_tags
       fetched = GalleryGroup.where(id: tags.map(&:id)).select(:id).ordered_by_id.with_character_counts
       expect(fetched).to eq(tags)
-      expect(fetched.map { |x| x[:character_count] }).to eq([0, 1, 2]) # rubocop:disable Rails/Pluck
+      expect(fetched.map { |x| x[:character_count] }).to eq([0, 1, 2])
     end
 
     it "works without with_character_counts scope" do