diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 5c109a7e52..597dfcb9e0 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ AllCops:
   Exclude:
     - db/schema.rb
     - 'bin/*'
-    - 'Rakefile'
     - 'node_modules/**/*'
     - 'Vagrantfile'
     - 'vendor/**/*'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ba6b733dd2..e51cf0e17e 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 # Add your own tasks in files placed in lib/tasks ending in .rake,
 # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake.
 
-require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('config/application', __dir__)
 
 Rails.application.load_tasks