diff --git a/helpers/mysql/opentelemetry-helpers-mysql.gemspec b/helpers/mysql/opentelemetry-helpers-mysql.gemspec
index f18fff675..43a9df1ca 100644
--- a/helpers/mysql/opentelemetry-helpers-mysql.gemspec
+++ b/helpers/mysql/opentelemetry-helpers-mysql.gemspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'opentelemetry-test-helpers', '~> 0.3'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.68.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.69.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.23.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.22.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.9'