diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2b94e90..81b4603 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ group :syntax do
   # voxpupuli-test (via simp-rake-helpers); pinning them here conflicts with its
   # constraints. rubocop-performance is not a voxpupuli-test dependency, so it
   # stays explicit.
-  gem 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.26.0'
+  gem 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.27.0'
 end
 
 group :test do