diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6934f1ef5e..49d5f82ea5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ group :development, :test do
   # environment is development
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'rspec-rerun'
-  # Required during CI as well local development - pinned due to CI failure on: rubocop-1.73.2/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb:272:in `read'
-  gem 'rubocop', '1.67.0'
+  # Required during CI as well local development
+  gem 'rubocop', '1.75.6'
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0db2f1ac55..febbb2cef7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.12)
     arel-helpers (2.16.0)
       activerecord (>= 3.1.0, < 8.1)
-    ast (2.4.2)
+    ast (2.4.3)
     aws-eventstream (1.3.2)
     aws-partitions (1.1065.0)
     aws-sdk-core (3.220.1)
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ GEM
     jsobfu (0.4.2)
       rkelly-remix
     json (2.10.2)
-    language_server-protocol (3.17.0.4)
+    language_server-protocol (3.17.0.5)
+    lint_roller (1.1.0)
     little-plugger (1.1.4)
     logger (1.6.6)
     logging (2.4.0)
@@ -377,8 +378,8 @@ GEM
     ostruct (0.6.1)
     packetfu (2.0.0)
       pcaprub (~> 0.13.1)
-    parallel (1.26.3)
-    parser (3.3.7.1)
+    parallel (1.27.0)
+    parser (3.3.8.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
     patch_finder (1.0.2)
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ GEM
       ruby-rc4
       ttfunk
     pg (1.5.9)
+    prism (1.4.0)
     pry (0.14.2)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
       method_source (~> 1.0)
@@ -517,18 +519,20 @@ GEM
     rspec-rerun (1.1.0)
       rspec (~> 3.0)
     rspec-support (3.13.2)
-    rubocop (1.67.0)
+    rubocop (1.75.6)
       json (~> 2.3)
-      language_server-protocol (>= 3.17.0)
+      language_server-protocol (~> 3.17.0.2)
+      lint_roller (~> 1.1.0)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
       parser (>= 3.3.0.2)
       rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
-      regexp_parser (>= 2.4, < 3.0)
-      rubocop-ast (>= 1.32.2, < 2.0)
+      regexp_parser (>= 2.9.3, < 3.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.44.0, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
-      unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.38.1)
-      parser (>= 3.3.1.0)
+      unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 4.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.44.1)
+      parser (>= 3.3.7.2)
+      prism (~> 1.4)
     ruby-macho (4.1.0)
     ruby-mysql (4.2.0)
     ruby-prof (1.7.1)
@@ -578,7 +582,9 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     tzinfo-data (1.2025.1)
       tzinfo (>= 1.0.0)
-    unicode-display_width (2.6.0)
+    unicode-display_width (3.1.4)
+      unicode-emoji (~> 4.0, >= 4.0.4)
+    unicode-emoji (4.0.4)
     unix-crypt (1.3.1)
     warden (1.2.9)
       rack (>= 2.0.9)
@@ -623,7 +629,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   redcarpet
   rspec-rails
   rspec-rerun
-  rubocop (= 1.67.0)
+  rubocop (= 1.75.6)
   ruby-prof
   simplecov (= 0.18.2)
   test-prof
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 090cdc799f..3a79e88132 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@ require 'rubocop'
 require 'rubocop/rspec/support'
 require 'faker'
 
+# Monkey patch rubocop which fails to load the default rspec config due to encoding issues - https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/20196
+# Caused by our global IO encoding being set to ASCII-8BIT - https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/b251fc1b635dc07c66cc3848983bdcbeaa08a81f/lib/metasploit/framework/common_engine.rb#L25-L33
+# Original code: https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/blob/b6c9b0ed31daf40be5a273714095e451aee10bcd/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb#L275
+# Character which causes encoding failure: https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/blob/b6c9b0ed31daf40be5a273714095e451aee10bcd/config/default.yml#L3298-L3305
+module RuboCop
+  class ConfigLoader
+     # Read the specified file, or exit with a friendly, concise message on
+     # stderr. Care is taken to use the standard OS exit code for a "file not
+     # found" error.
+     def self.read_file(absolute_path)
+       File.binread(absolute_path).force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
+     rescue Errno::ENOENT
+       raise ConfigNotFoundError, "Configuration file not found: #{absolute_path}"
+     end
+  end
+end
+
 ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = 'test'
 
 load_metasploit = ENV.fetch('SPEC_HELPER_LOAD_METASPLOIT', 'true') == 'true'