diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index afc22bc..8dc6194 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ AllCops:
     - metadata.rb
     - Gemfile
     - attributes/**
-    - recipes/**
-    - spec/**
-  Excludes:
     - libraries/**
     - providers/**
+    - recipes/**
     - resources/**
+    - spec/**
 
 Encoding:
   Exclude:
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 76065e1..0f77822 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ gem 'berkshelf', '~> 2.0.10'
 gem 'chefspec', '~> 3.1.4'
 gem 'foodcritic', '~> 3.0.3'
 gem 'strainer'
-gem 'rubocop', '>= 0.16.0'
+gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.18.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9c331c2..4edf372 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ GEM
       mixlib-shellout
       systemu (~> 2.5.2)
       yajl-ruby
-    parser (2.1.2)
+    parser (2.1.4)
       ast (~> 1.1)
       slop (~> 3.4, >= 3.4.5)
     polyglot (0.3.3)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ GEM
     puma (1.6.3)
       rack (~> 1.2)
     rack (1.5.2)
-    rainbow (1.99.1)
+    rainbow (2.0.0)
     rake (10.1.0)
     rbzip2 (0.2.0)
     rest-client (1.6.7)
@@ -181,10 +181,11 @@ GEM
     rspec-expectations (2.14.4)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3, < 2.0)
     rspec-mocks (2.14.4)
-    rubocop (0.16.0)
-      parser (~> 2.1)
+    rubocop (0.18.1)
+      json (>= 1.7.7, < 2)
+      parser (~> 2.1.3)
       powerpack (~> 0.0.6)
-      rainbow (>= 1.1.4)
+      rainbow (>= 1.99.1, < 3.0)
     rubyntlm (0.1.1)
     savon (0.9.5)
       akami (~> 1.0)
@@ -230,5 +231,5 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   chefspec (~> 3.1.4)
   foodcritic (~> 3.0.3)
   json (<= 1.7.7)
-  rubocop (>= 0.16.0)
+  rubocop (~> 0.18.1)
   strainer
diff --git a/recipes/common.rb b/recipes/common.rb
index 4c211e5..9332697 100644
--- a/recipes/common.rb
+++ b/recipes/common.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-class ::Chef::Recipe
+class ::Chef::Recipe # rubocop:disable Documentation
   include ::Openstack
 end