diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 1fda459..d4f9f88 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Style/HashSyntax:
 Style/RescueModifier:
   Enabled: false
 
-Style/AccessorMethodName:
+Naming/AccessorMethodName:
   Enabled: false
 
 # allow larger modules
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Lint/ParenthesesAsGroupedExpression:
 #   Enabled: false
 
 # allow multiple spaces between methofs and first arg
-Style/SpaceBeforeFirstArg:
+Layout/SpaceBeforeFirstArg:
   Enabled: false
 
 # There are too many non-ruby files that run up against rubocop rules in a cookbook
@@ -105,3 +105,7 @@ Metrics/BlockLength:
 # allow longer argument lists
 Metrics/ParameterLists:
   Max: 6
+
+# allow using $stderr
+Style/StderrPuts:
+  Enabled: false
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c1a0a14..679d260 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ before_install:
   - gem install bundler
 
 rvm: 
-  - 2.3.3
-  - 2.4.1
+  - 2.3.6
+  - 2.4.3
+  - 2.5.0
 
 script:
   - bundle exec rake
diff --git a/aws-cleaner.gemspec b/aws-cleaner.gemspec
index 47cf702..90a0f7f 100644
--- a/aws-cleaner.gemspec
+++ b/aws-cleaner.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 1.12'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 12.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.5'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0.46.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0.52.1'
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'aws-sdk-core', '~> 2.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'chef-api', '~> 0.5'
diff --git a/lib/aws-cleaner.rb b/lib/aws-cleaner.rb
index cddd3e7..4e94325 100644
--- a/lib/aws-cleaner.rb
+++ b/lib/aws-cleaner.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def self.remove_from_chef(node_name, chef, config)
       client.destroy
       node = chef.nodes.fetch(node_name)
       node.destroy
-    rescue => e
+    rescue StandardError => e
       puts "Failed to remove chef node: #{e}"
     else
       # puts "Removed #{node_name} from chef"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def self.in_sensu?(node_name, config)
       )
     rescue RestClient::ResourceNotFound
       return false
-    rescue => e
+    rescue StandardError => e
       puts "Sensu request failed: #{e}"
       return false
     else