diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ae1cb38e..4ca1676d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
 
-gem "rubocop", "~> 1.5"
+# Skip rubocop 1.16.1 until the next release which will include the fix:
+# https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/9862
+gem "rubocop", "~> 1.5", "!= 1.16.1"
+
 gem "rubocop-shopify", "~> 2.0.1", require: false
 
 gem "mysql2", "~> 0.5.3", platform: :mri
diff --git a/gemfiles/Gemfile.latest-release b/gemfiles/Gemfile.latest-release
index a37a170b..013b47e0 100644
--- a/gemfiles/Gemfile.latest-release
+++ b/gemfiles/Gemfile.latest-release
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec path: ".."
 
-gem "rubocop", "~> 1.5"
+# Skip rubocop 1.16.1 until the next release which will include the fix:
+# https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/9862
+gem "rubocop", "~> 1.5", "!= 1.16.1"
 gem "rubocop-shopify", "~> 2.0.1", require: false
 
 gem "activerecord"