diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fb9ef53..c087b38 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ group :syntax do
   gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.87.0', require: false
   gem 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.26.0', require: false
   gem 'rubocop-rake', '~> 0.7.0', require: false
-  gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 3.8.0', require: false
+  gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 3.10.0', require: false
 end
 
 group :system_tests do
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/suites/default/00_basic_test_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/suites/default/00_basic_test_spec.rb
index 39bce10..887965e 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/suites/default/00_basic_test_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/suites/default/00_basic_test_spec.rb
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
           result = on(host, "yum install -y pupmod-simp-beakertest-#{bad_module_version}")
 
           # verify user told how to fix
-          expect(result.stdout).to match(%r{Manually execute the following to fix:})
+          expect(result.stdout).to include('Manually execute the following to fix:')
           expect(result.stdout).to match(%r{#{Regexp.escape(install_fix_cmd)}})
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
index a2c2563..a3eca92 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 # @fails if the specified repo file cannot be installed on host
 def copy_repo(_host, repo_filename, repo_name = 'simp_manual.repo')
   raise("File #{repo_filename} could not be found") unless File.exist?(repo_filename)
-  puts('=' * 72)
-  puts("Using repos defined in #{repo_filename}")
-  puts('=' * 72)
+  puts('=' * 72) # rubocop:disable RSpec/Output
+  puts("Using repos defined in #{repo_filename}") # rubocop:disable RSpec/Output
+  puts('=' * 72) # rubocop:disable RSpec/Output
   scp_to(hosts, repo_filename, "/etc/yum.repos.d/#{repo_name}")
 end