diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 6a7320d26..4ffe54efb 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Style/MutableConstant:
 #Style/MultipleComparison:
 #  Enabled: true
 
-Style/UnneededInterpolation:
+Style/RedundantInterpolation:
   Enabled: true
 
 Performance/RedundantMerge:
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ Style/TrailingCommaInHashLiteral:
 Style/WordArray:
   MinSize: 10
 
-Style/UnneededPercentQ:
+Style/RedundantPercentQ:
   Enabled: false
 
 Style/WhileUntilModifier:
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ Layout/BlockAlignment:
   Enabled: true
 
 Layout/EndAlignment:
-  Enabled: AlignWith
+  Enabled: true
 
 Layout/MultilineMethodCallBraceLayout:
   Enabled: true
@@ -362,10 +362,10 @@ Layout/IndentationConsistency:
 Layout/IndentationWidth:
   Enabled: true
 
-Layout/IndentFirstHashElement:
+Layout/FirstHashElementIndentation:
   Enabled: true
 
-Layout/IndentHeredoc:
+Layout/HeredocIndentation:
   Enabled: false
 
 Layout/LeadingCommentSpace:
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ Layout/SpaceInsideStringInterpolation:
   EnforcedStyle: no_space
   Enabled: true
 
-Layout/TrailingBlankLines:
+Layout/TrailingEmptyLines:
   Enabled: true
 
 Layout/TrailingWhitespace:
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ Naming/MemoizedInstanceVariableName:
 Naming/MethodName:
   Enabled: true
 
-Naming/UncommunicativeMethodParamName:
+Naming/MethodParameterName:
   Enabled: false
 
 # Use snake_case for variable names.
diff --git a/bin/review-compile b/bin/review-compile
index 471081c66..0ae76bea6 100755
--- a/bin/review-compile
+++ b/bin/review-compile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _main
   @logger = ReVIEW.logger
   @mode = :files
   @basedir = nil
-  if /\Areview2/ =~ File.basename($PROGRAM_NAME)
+  if File.basename($PROGRAM_NAME).start_with?('review2')
     @target = File.basename($PROGRAM_NAME, '.rb').sub('review2', '')
   else
     @target = nil
diff --git a/bin/review-validate b/bin/review-validate
index 7b57498d0..6117430d5 100755
--- a/bin/review-validate
+++ b/bin/review-validate
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ARGF.each do |line|
       @logger.warn "#{ln}: block #{new_block} started, but previous block #{block} didn't close yet."
     end
     block = new_block
-  elsif line =~ %r{\A//\}}
+  elsif line.start_with?('//}')
     if block.nil?
       @logger.warn "#{ln}: block ended, but not opened."
     end
diff --git a/lib/review/book/base.rb b/lib/review/book/base.rb
index a70e0e43b..35a861daf 100644
--- a/lib/review/book/base.rb
+++ b/lib/review/book/base.rb
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def read_file(filename)
         res = ''
         File.open(filename_join(@basedir, filename), 'rt:BOM|utf-8') do |f|
           f.each_line do |line|
-            next if /\A#/ =~ line
+            next if line.start_with?('#')
             line.gsub!(/#.*\Z/, '')
             res << line
           end
diff --git a/lib/review/book/index.rb b/lib/review/book/index.rb
index eaafa5add..e9dcb3053 100644
--- a/lib/review/book/index.rb
+++ b/lib/review/book/index.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def self.parse(src, *args)
           # ex. ["//image", "id", "", "caption"]
           elements = line.split(/\[(.*?)\]/)
           if elements[1].present?
-            if line =~ %r{\A//imgtable}
+            if line.start_with?('//imgtable')
               items.push(ReVIEW::Book::Index::Item.new(elements[1], 0, elements[3]))
             else ## %r<\A//(image|graph)>
               items.push(ReVIEW::Book::Index::Item.new(elements[1], seq, elements[3]))
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def self.parse(src, chap)
           if line =~ %r{\A//[a-z]+.*\{\Z}
             inside_block = true
             next
-          elsif line =~ %r{\A//\}}
+          elsif line.start_with?('//}')
             inside_block = nil
             next
           elsif inside_block
diff --git a/lib/review/compiler.rb b/lib/review/compiler.rb
index f0aaa62f8..501935bf3 100644
--- a/lib/review/compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/review/compiler.rb
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def read_block(f, ignore_inline)
           buf.push(text(line.rstrip, true))
         end
       end
-      unless %r{\A//\}} =~ f.peek
+      unless f.peek.to_s.start_with?('//}')
         error "unexpected EOF (block begins at: #{head})"
         return buf
       end
diff --git a/lib/review/init.rb b/lib/review/init.rb
index 3a0d239e2..416d0b3e6 100644
--- a/lib/review/init.rb
+++ b/lib/review/init.rb
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def extract_archive(dir, filename, originalfilename)
               next
             end
 
-            if fname =~ %r{\A/} || fname =~ /\.\./ # simple fool proof
+            if fname.start_with?('/') || fname =~ /\.\./ # simple fool proof
               made = nil
               break
             end
diff --git a/lib/review/tocparser.rb b/lib/review/tocparser.rb
index 305897089..a18e35554 100644
--- a/lib/review/tocparser.rb
+++ b/lib/review/tocparser.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def parse(f, chap)
             node_stack.push(dummy_chapter)
             roots.push(dummy_chapter)
           end
-          next if label =~ %r{\A\[/} # ex) "[/column]"
+          next if label.start_with?('[/') # ex) "[/column]"
           sec = Section.new(lev, label.gsub(/\A\{.*?\}\s?/, ''))
           node_stack.pop until node_stack.last.level < sec.level
           node_stack.last.add_child(sec)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def parse(f, chap)
           beg = f.lineno
           list.add(line)
           while line = f.gets
-            break if %r{\A//\}} =~ line
+            break if line.start_with?('//}')
             list.add(line)
           end
           error!(filename, beg, 'unterminated list') unless line
diff --git a/review.gemspec b/review.gemspec
index 3db2392a5..0adc23e96 100644
--- a/review.gemspec
+++ b/review.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency('rubyzip')
   gem.add_development_dependency('pygments.rb')
   gem.add_development_dependency('rake')
-  gem.add_development_dependency('rubocop', '~> 0.72.0')
+  gem.add_development_dependency('rubocop', '~> 0.77.0')
   gem.add_development_dependency('rubocop-performance')
   gem.add_development_dependency('simplecov')
   gem.add_development_dependency('test-unit')