diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 9a93733..33e83e3 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
 AllCops:
   NewCops: enable
   SuggestExtensions: false
+  TargetRubyVersion: 2.6
 
 Metrics/AbcSize:
   Enabled: false
diff --git a/ffmpeg.gemspec b/ffmpeg.gemspec
index b1598b1..707deab 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.gemspec
+++ b/ffmpeg.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.homepage    = 'https://github.com/instructure/ffmpeg'
   s.summary     = 'Wraps ffmpeg to read metadata and transcodes videos.'
 
-  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.7'
+  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.6'
 
   s.add_dependency('multi_json', '~> 1.8')