diff --git a/publify_amazon_sidebar.gemspec b/publify_amazon_sidebar.gemspec
index 9722bf3..15c0461 100644
--- a/publify_amazon_sidebar.gemspec
+++ b/publify_amazon_sidebar.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-factory_bot", "~> 2.28.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.26.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.34.3"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec", "~> 3.8.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec", "~> 3.9.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec_rails", "~> 2.32.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov", "~> 0.22.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.6"
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 487fc6f..247f221 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -25,13 +25,8 @@
 # Dir[Rails.root.join('spec/support/**/*.rb')].each { |f| require f }
 
 # Checks for pending migrations and applies them before tests are run.
-# If you are not using ActiveRecord, you can remove these lines.
-begin
-  ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!
-rescue ActiveRecord::PendingMigrationError => e
-  puts e.to_s.strip
-  exit 1
-end
+# If you are not using ActiveRecord, you can remove this line.
+ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures