diff --git a/changelog/change_rubocop_dependency_version.md b/changelog/change_rubocop_dependency_version.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c0cce3f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/change_rubocop_dependency_version.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#729](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop-rails/pulls/729): Change the minimum required `rubocop` dependency version to 1.31.0. ([@pirj][])
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/add_column_index.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/add_column_index.rb
index 9bc6bb7cd4..384a92c70c 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/add_column_index.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/add_column_index.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def on_send(node)
 
         def index_range(pair_node)
           range_with_surrounding_comma(
-            range_with_surrounding_space(range: pair_node.loc.expression, side: :left),
+            range_with_surrounding_space(pair_node.loc.expression, side: :left),
             :left
           )
         end
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/dot_separated_keys.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/dot_separated_keys.rb
index e2b8b795e7..a60b458661 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/dot_separated_keys.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/dot_separated_keys.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def on_send(node)
 
             add_offense(scope_node) do |corrector|
               # Eat the comma on the left.
-              range = range_with_surrounding_space(range: scope_node.source_range, side: :left)
+              range = range_with_surrounding_space(scope_node.source_range, side: :left)
               range = range_with_surrounding_comma(range, :left)
               corrector.remove(range)
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/redundant_foreign_key.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/redundant_foreign_key.rb
index e32d207aa1..21ccc18f4d 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/redundant_foreign_key.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/redundant_foreign_key.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def on_send(node)
           association_with_foreign_key(node) do |type, name, options, foreign_key_pair, foreign_key|
             if redundant?(node, type, name, options, foreign_key)
               add_offense(foreign_key_pair.loc.expression) do |corrector|
-                range = range_with_surrounding_space(range: foreign_key_pair.source_range, side: :left)
+                range = range_with_surrounding_space(foreign_key_pair.source_range, side: :left)
                 range = range_with_surrounding_comma(range, :left)
 
                 corrector.remove(range)
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/redundant_presence_validation_on_belongs_to.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/redundant_presence_validation_on_belongs_to.rb
index d9a877abc9..ac48407a6e 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/redundant_presence_validation_on_belongs_to.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/redundant_presence_validation_on_belongs_to.rb
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def remove_keys_from_validation(corrector, node, keys)
           keys.each do |key|
             key_node = node.arguments.find { |arg| arg.value == key }
             key_range = range_with_surrounding_space(
-              range: range_with_surrounding_comma(key_node.source_range, :right),
+              range_with_surrounding_comma(key_node.source_range, :right),
               side: :right
             )
             corrector.remove(key_range)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def remove_keys_from_validation(corrector, node, keys)
 
         def remove_presence_option(corrector, presence)
           range = range_with_surrounding_comma(
-            range_with_surrounding_space(range: presence.source_range, side: :left),
+            range_with_surrounding_space(presence.source_range, side: :left),
             :left
           )
           corrector.remove(range)
diff --git a/rubocop-rails.gemspec b/rubocop-rails.gemspec
index 225b28d505..96c9a49885 100644
--- a/rubocop-rails.gemspec
+++ b/rubocop-rails.gemspec
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   # Rack::Utils::SYMBOL_TO_STATUS_CODE, which is used by HttpStatus cop, was
   # introduced in rack 1.1
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rack', '>= 1.1'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop', '>= 1.7.0', '< 2.0'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop', '>= 1.31.0', '< 2.0'
 end