diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5f9e315..8a23cbd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ gemspec
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'byebug'
-  gem 'rspec', '~> 3.7'
-  gem 'rubocop', '1.61.0'
-  gem 'rubocop-rspec', '3.0.3'
+  gem 'rspec', '~> 3.13'
+  gem 'rubocop', '1.81.6'
+  gem 'rubocop-rspec', '3.7.0'
   gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.16'
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/ja2r/element.rb b/lib/ja2r/element.rb
index 74208a3..b54ca8d 100644
--- a/lib/ja2r/element.rb
+++ b/lib/ja2r/element.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def respond_to_missing?(symbol, include_all = false)
       return true if attributes&.key?(symbol)
       return true if relationships&.key?(symbol)
 
-      safe_traverse? ? true : super
+      safe_traverse? || super
     end
 
     def safe_traverse?
diff --git a/spec/.rubocop.yml b/spec/.rubocop.yml
index a243e0e..7cbc6e4 100644
--- a/spec/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/spec/.rubocop.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-require: rubocop-rspec
+plugins:
+  - rubocop-rspec
 inherit_from: ../.rubocop.yml
 
 Metrics/BlockLength: