diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 50a9f9e4..f4f269b5 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require:
   - rubocop-performance
 
 AllCops:
-  TargetRubyVersion: 2.6
+  TargetRubyVersion: 2.7
   # RuboCop has a bunch of cops enabled by default. This setting tells RuboCop
   # to ignore them, so only the ones explicitly set in this file are enabled.
   DisabledByDefault: true
diff --git a/committee.gemspec b/committee.gemspec
index dbaf84e9..1a6834c8 100644
--- a/committee.gemspec
+++ b/committee.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.executables   << "committee-stub"
   s.files         = Dir["{bin,lib,test}/**/*.rb"]
 
-  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.6.0"
+  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7.0"
 
   s.add_dependency "json_schema", "~> 0.14", ">= 0.14.3"