diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 4fe2cd8..7d1cb37 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
-require:
+inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
+
+plugins:
   - rubocop-rake
   - rubocop-rspec
 
@@ -41,4 +43,5 @@ Style/IfUnlessModifier:
 Metrics/BlockLength:
   Enabled: false
 
-inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
+Layout/LineLength:
+  Enabled: false
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index a6ef207..b7eeed2 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This configuration was generated by
-# `rubocop --auto-gen-config`
-# on 2024-07-08 09:49:39 UTC using RuboCop version 1.50.2.
+# `rubocop --auto-gen-config --no-auto-gen-timestamp`
+# using RuboCop version 1.81.1.
 # The point is for the user to remove these configuration records
 # one by one as the offenses are removed from the code base.
 # Note that changes in the inspected code, or installation of new
@@ -63,10 +63,3 @@ RSpec/MultipleExpectations:
 Style/MixinUsage:
   Exclude:
     - 'lib/voxpupuli/test/facts.rb'
-
-# Offense count: 1
-# This cop supports safe autocorrection (--autocorrect).
-# Configuration parameters: AllowHeredoc, AllowURI, URISchemes, IgnoreCopDirectives, AllowedPatterns.
-# URISchemes: http, https
-Layout/LineLength:
-  Max: 136
diff --git a/rubocop.yml b/rubocop.yml
index 56c65f9..edea3c2 100644
--- a/rubocop.yml
+++ b/rubocop.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # This is a shared config for easy consumption in other modules, without having
 # to sync over a large file
-require:
+plugins:
   - rubocop-rspec
   - rubocop-rake
 
 AllCops:
-  # Puppetserver 7 uses Jruby 9.3 which is compatible to C Ruby 2.6
-  TargetRubyVersion: 2.6
+  # OpenVox Server 8 uses JRuby 9.4 which is compatible to MRI Ruby 3.1
+  TargetRubyVersion: 3.1
   DisplayCopNames: true
   ExtraDetails: true
   DisplayStyleGuide: true
@@ -445,10 +445,13 @@ Style/PercentLiteralDelimiters:
 Style/PerlBackrefs:
   Enabled: True
 
-Naming/PredicateName:
+Naming/PredicatePrefix:
   Enabled: True
   AllowedMethods: ['is_a?', 'is_to_s']
 
+Naming/PredicateMethod:
+  Enabled: false
+
 Style/RedundantException:
   Enabled: True
 
@@ -557,7 +560,12 @@ Style/FormatStringToken:
 
 # This is useful, but sometimes a little too picky about where unit tests files
 # are located.
-RSpec/FilePath:
+
+# old cop: RSpec/FilePath
+RSpec/SpecFilePathFormat:
+  Enabled: false
+
+RSpec/SpecFilePathSuffix:
   Enabled: false
 
 # Leaving these enabled creates too much busy work
@@ -662,8 +670,6 @@ RSpec/IdenticalEqualityAssertion: # new in 2.4
   Enabled: true
 RSpec/SubjectDeclaration: # new in 2.5
   Enabled: true
-RSpec/Rails/AvoidSetupHook: # new in 2.4
-  Enabled: true
 RSpec/ImplicitSubject:
   Enabled: false
 # new configurations since rubocop 1.50.0
diff --git a/voxpupuli-test.gemspec b/voxpupuli-test.gemspec
index 0cda12a..7a1041a 100644
--- a/voxpupuli-test.gemspec
+++ b/voxpupuli-test.gemspec
@@ -12,35 +12,35 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.files       = Dir['lib/**/*.rb', 'rubocop.yml', 'LICENSE', 'README.md']
 
-  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.7.0'
+  # This ruby version matches the agent version
+  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.2.0'
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0', '>= 13.0.6'
+  s.add_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0', '>= 13.0.6'
 
   # Testing
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'facterdb', '>= 3.1', '< 5.0'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'metadata-json-lint', '>= 4.0', '< 6'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'openvox-strings', '>= 5.0', '< 7'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'parallel_tests', '>= 4.2', '< 6'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'puppet_fixtures', '>= 0.1', '< 3'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'puppet-syntax', '>= 6.0', '< 8'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rspec-github', '>= 2.0', '< 4'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rspec-puppet', '~> 5.0'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rspec-puppet-facts', '>= 5.4', '< 7'
+  s.add_dependency 'facterdb', '>= 3.1', '< 5.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'metadata-json-lint', '>= 4.0', '< 6'
+  s.add_dependency 'openvox-strings', '>= 5.0', '< 7'
+  s.add_dependency 'parallel_tests', '>= 4.2', '< 6'
+  s.add_dependency 'puppet_fixtures', '>= 0.1', '< 3'
+  s.add_dependency 'puppet-syntax', '>= 6.0', '< 8'
+  s.add_dependency 'rspec-github', '>= 2.0', '< 4'
+  s.add_dependency 'rspec-puppet', '~> 5.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'rspec-puppet-facts', '>= 5.4', '< 7'
   # openvox gem depends on syslog, but doesn't list it as explicit dependency
   # until Ruby 3.4, syslog was part of MRI ruby core
   # https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/puppet/issues/90
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'syslog', '~> 0.3.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'syslog', '~> 0.3.0'
 
   # Rubocop
-  # newest versions that still support Ruby 2.6
-  # jruby 9.3 in Puppetserver 7 is compatible with C Ruby 2.6
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.50.0'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop-rake', '~> 0.6.0'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.20.0'
+  # has to be compatible with MRI Ruby 3.1 due to OpenVox server using Jruby
+  s.add_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.81.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'rubocop-rake', '~> 0.7.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 3.7.0'
 
   # Linting
   # meta gem to pull in all puppet-lint plugins + puppet-lint itself
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'voxpupuli-puppet-lint-plugins', '>= 6.0', '< 8'
+  s.add_dependency 'voxpupuli-puppet-lint-plugins', '>= 6.0', '< 8'
 
   # development
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.12'