diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index c35b5bd04..08b42dc7b 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its',           '~> 1.3.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 1.26.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.13.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov',           '~> 0.21.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov',           '~> 0.22.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov-lcov',      '~> 0.8.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'stackprof',           '~> 0.2.12'
   s.add_development_dependency 'webmock',             '~> 3.18.1'