diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
index 299ce387..d987ffce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ on:
   workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
+  rubocop:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: '3.0'
+          bundler-cache: true
+      - run: bundle exec rubocop
+
   test-ruby:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
@@ -22,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
             ruby: '3.3'
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37ab414a..7b87a3da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Fixed
-- [Dotnet] Fixed code generation for types that accept List<T> as parameters. Constructors were not properly handling null input. ([#249](https://github.com/cucumber/messages/pull/249) [clrudolphi])
+- [Dotnet] Fixed code generation for types that accept List<T> as parameters. Constructors were not properly handling null input. ([#249](https://github.com/cucumber/messages/pull/249) [clrudolphi](https://github.com/clrudolphi))
+
 ### Changed
 - [Go] Switch to Google's UUID module ([#251](https://github.com/cucumber/messages/pull/251))
+- [Ruby] Updated the rubocop dependencies to use latest cops & run rubocop in pipeline
 
 ## [26.0.0] - 2024-08-15
 ### Added
diff --git a/ruby/.rubocop.yml b/ruby/.rubocop.yml
index fdd1dfe8..d34d4247 100644
--- a/ruby/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/ruby/.rubocop.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ AllCops:
   TargetRubyVersion: 3.0
   NewCops: enable
 
+Gemspec/DevelopmentDependencies:
+  Enabled: false
+
 Gemspec/RequireMFA:
   Enabled: false
 
diff --git a/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec b/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
index 98de5c20..a9357b1b 100644
--- a/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version = File.read(File.expand_path('VERSION', __dir__)).strip
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'cucumber-messages'
   s.version     = version
-  s.authors     = ['Aslak Hellesøy']
+  s.authors     = ['Aslak Hellesøy', 'Luke Hill']
   s.description = "JSON schema-based messages for Cucumber's inter-process communication"
   s.summary     = "cucumber-messages-#{s.version}"
   s.email       = 'cukes@googlegroups.com'
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     'source_code_uri' => 'https://github.com/cucumber/messages'
   }
 
-  s.add_development_dependency 'cucumber-compatibility-kit', '~> 15.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.1'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'cucumber-compatibility-kit', '~> 16.2'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.2'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.13'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.50.2'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.21.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.66.1'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.22.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rake', '~> 0.6.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.25.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 3.0.5'
 
   s.files            = Dir['README.md', 'LICENSE', 'VERSION', 'lib/**/*']
   s.rdoc_options     = ['--charset=UTF-8']
diff --git a/ruby/spec/cucumber/messages/acceptance_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/cucumber/messages/acceptance_spec.rb
index f0dc0631..afe4cd42 100644
--- a/ruby/spec/cucumber/messages/acceptance_spec.rb
+++ b/ruby/spec/cucumber/messages/acceptance_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'json'
-require 'cucumber-compatibility-kit'
+require 'cck/examples'
 
 module Cucumber
   module Messages