diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 766477c863..1ef4f632aa 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ group :development do
   gem 'rb-readline', '~> 0.5.5' # require for irb
   gem 'rubocop-capybara', '~> 2.21.0'
   gem 'rubocop-factory_bot', '~> 2.26'
-  gem 'rubocop-minitest', '~> 0.35.1'
-  gem 'rubocop-rails', '~> 2.26.0'
+  gem 'rubocop-minitest', '~> 0.36.0'
+  gem 'rubocop-rails', '~> 2.26.1'
 
   # for opening letters
   gem 'letter_opener', '~> 1.10.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 799de1604b..7599a03196 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ GEM
       csv
       mini_mime (>= 1.0.0)
       multi_xml (>= 0.5.2)
-    i18n (1.14.5)
+    i18n (1.14.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     i18n-js (4.2.3)
       glob (>= 0.4.0)
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ GEM
       webfinger (~> 2.0)
     orm_adapter (0.5.0)
     parallel (1.26.3)
-    parser (3.3.4.2)
+    parser (3.3.5.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
     premailer (1.18.0)
@@ -443,27 +443,26 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 5.2)
     rexml (3.3.7)
     rouge (4.3.0)
-    rubocop (1.65.1)
+    rubocop (1.66.1)
       json (~> 2.3)
       language_server-protocol (>= 3.17.0)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
       parser (>= 3.3.0.2)
       rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
       regexp_parser (>= 2.4, < 3.0)
-      rexml (>= 3.2.5, < 4.0)
-      rubocop-ast (>= 1.31.1, < 2.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.32.2, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.32.1)
+    rubocop-ast (1.32.3)
       parser (>= 3.3.1.0)
     rubocop-capybara (2.21.0)
       rubocop (~> 1.41)
     rubocop-factory_bot (2.26.1)
       rubocop (~> 1.61)
-    rubocop-minitest (0.35.1)
+    rubocop-minitest (0.36.0)
       rubocop (>= 1.61, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.31.1, < 2.0)
-    rubocop-rails (2.26.0)
+    rubocop-rails (2.26.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 1.52.0, < 2.0)
@@ -526,7 +525,7 @@ GEM
     timeout (0.4.1)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
+    unicode-display_width (2.6.0)
     uri (0.13.0)
     useragent (0.16.10)
     validate_url (1.0.15)
@@ -627,8 +626,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rouge (= 4.3.0)
   rubocop-capybara (~> 2.21.0)
   rubocop-factory_bot (~> 2.26)
-  rubocop-minitest (~> 0.35.1)
-  rubocop-rails (~> 2.26.0)
+  rubocop-minitest (~> 0.36.0)
+  rubocop-rails (~> 2.26.1)
   ruby-saml (~> 1.17.0)
   rubyzip (~> 2.3.2)
   selenium-webdriver (~> 4.24.0)
diff --git a/app/runners/submission_runner.rb b/app/runners/submission_runner.rb
index e3376ee102..21de6e8d32 100644
--- a/app/runners/submission_runner.rb
+++ b/app/runners/submission_runner.rb
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ def run
     finalize
     @time_messages << build_message(format('<strong>Total time:</strong> %<time>.2f seconds', time: (Time.zone.now - @start)), 'zeus', 'html')
     result[:messages]&.concat @time_messages
-    result
+    # By placing the return here, we also silence the warning (ie, no exception can be caught in surrounding code)
+    # Instead the normal flow will be followed with the following return value
+    return result # rubocop:disable Lint/EnsureReturn
   end
 
   private