diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 013313c26c..b1a84b0826 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Although we maintain Faker in our free time, we try to respond to contributions
 
 ## Setting up your environment
 
-Faker requires Ruby version >= 2.7. After forking, and cloning the repo, navigate to the directory, and run:
+Faker requires Ruby version >= 3.2. After forking, and cloning the repo, navigate to the directory, and run:
 
 ```ruby
 bundle install
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9b7b79bdf3..abba19bcd2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ gemspec
 gem 'irb'
 gem 'minitest'
 gem 'minitest-mock'
+gem 'parallel', '< 2.0' # transitive dependency (requires Ruby 3.3)
 gem 'pry'
 gem 'rake'
+gem 'rbs', '< 4.2.0' # transitive dependency (requires Ruby 3.3)
 gem 'rdoc'
 gem 'rubocop'
 gem 'rubocop-minitest'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 358c9885fc..f95f35f020 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -11,19 +11,18 @@ GEM
     benchmark (0.5.0)
     benchmark-ips (2.15.1)
     coderay (1.1.3)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.7)
-    docile (1.4.1)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.8)
     drb (2.2.3)
-    erb (6.0.4)
+    erb (6.0.7)
     i18n (1.15.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    io-console (0.8.2)
+    io-console (0.9.2)
     irb (1.18.0)
       pp (>= 0.6.0)
       prism (>= 1.3.0)
       rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
       reline (>= 0.4.2)
-    json (2.20.0)
+    json (2.21.2)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.6)
     lint_roller (1.1.0)
     logger (1.7.0)
@@ -33,10 +32,10 @@ GEM
       prism (~> 1.5)
     minitest-mock (5.27.0)
     parallel (1.28.0)
-    parser (3.3.11.1)
+    parser (3.3.12.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
-    power_assert (3.0.1)
+    power_assert (3.1.0)
     pp (0.6.4)
       prettyprint
     prettyprint (0.2.0)
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ GEM
     racc (1.8.1)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.4.2)
-    rbs (4.0.3)
+    rbs (4.1.3)
       logger
       prism (>= 1.6.0)
       tsort
@@ -58,10 +57,10 @@ GEM
       rbs (>= 4.0.0)
       tsort
     regexp_parser (2.12.0)
-    reline (0.6.3)
+    reline (0.7.0)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
-    rubocop (1.88.1)
-      json (~> 2.3)
+    rubocop (1.90.0)
+      json (>= 2.3)
       language_server-protocol (~> 3.17.0.2)
       lint_roller (~> 1.1.0)
       parallel (>= 1.10)
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ GEM
     rubocop-ast (1.50.0)
       parser (>= 3.3.7.2)
       prism (~> 1.7)
-    rubocop-minitest (0.39.1)
+    rubocop-minitest (0.40.0)
       lint_roller (~> 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 1.75.0, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.38.0, < 2.0)
@@ -82,12 +81,7 @@ GEM
       lint_roller (~> 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 1.72.1)
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
-    simplecov (0.22.0)
-      docile (~> 1.1)
-      simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
-      simplecov_json_formatter (~> 0.1)
-    simplecov-html (0.13.2)
-    simplecov_json_formatter (0.1.4)
+    simplecov (1.1.1)
     test-unit (3.7.8)
       power_assert
     timecop (0.9.11)
@@ -95,7 +89,7 @@ GEM
     unicode-display_width (3.2.0)
       unicode-emoji (~> 4.1)
     unicode-emoji (4.2.0)
-    yard (0.9.44)
+    yard (0.9.45)
 
 PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin
@@ -109,8 +103,10 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   irb
   minitest
   minitest-mock
+  parallel (< 2.0)
   pry
   rake
+  rbs (< 4.2.0)
   rdoc
   rubocop
   rubocop-minitest
@@ -126,15 +122,14 @@ CHECKSUMS
   benchmark-ips (2.15.1) sha256=07a1a9f3c6105ecaf68c174fc3fbcddd71a0e9ada6236ae03093a0dcfd812d59
   bundler (4.0.15) sha256=a4ceb882fe94a0e0ac63cd0813932bbfd631a14e5ac0b7975189b19a4d28d9e7
   coderay (1.1.3) sha256=dc530018a4684512f8f38143cd2a096c9f02a1fc2459edcfe534787a7fc77d4b
-  concurrent-ruby (1.3.7) sha256=4412caec3a5ea2e5fdc52076724c071a81f2c0593d83b2ac8cbb8ca63b3151b0
-  docile (1.4.1) sha256=96159be799bfa73cdb721b840e9802126e4e03dfc26863db73647204c727f21e
+  concurrent-ruby (1.3.8) sha256=b2f1be836e968ccc78ccfce277ea79c72a88633f22306782c16ff23fb415d1e1
   drb (2.2.3) sha256=0b00d6fdb50995fe4a45dea13663493c841112e4068656854646f418fda13373
-  erb (6.0.4) sha256=38e3803694be357fe2bfe312487c74beaf9fb4e5beb3e22498952fe1645b95d9
+  erb (6.0.7) sha256=c5ca6dc25b0ef974a44dc8f59fe847577122483b1968a38dec305c60bf91ee92
   faker (3.8.0)
   i18n (1.15.2) sha256=00f9eb62412fe593b2a65a97daa75300d37abb8f7202ec748e94b6d46a9dd1b5
-  io-console (0.8.2) sha256=d6e3ae7a7cc7574f4b8893b4fca2162e57a825b223a177b7afa236c5ef9814cc
+  io-console (0.9.2) sha256=efa74f891dd03c0939a931dfc6e74c2813d904763d456ea9762b0525e748db08
   irb (1.18.0) sha256=de9454a0703a54704b9811a5ef31a60c86949fbf4013fcf244fabc7c775248e3
-  json (2.20.0) sha256=9362bc6e55a952b056abf9167cf053358181c904cb70cd6eee0808ea830fc32b
+  json (2.21.2) sha256=1f1d3b7cf2b3ba1a69beca0bb6db13d5438b80bff3cd54cdaaa620b9b07c1c6a
   language_server-protocol (3.17.0.6) sha256=5ef2c0c138f8267e1bc631d3328347d354f96724b0af22f2c79516120443b7f0
   lint_roller (1.1.0) sha256=2c0c845b632a7d172cb849cc90c1bce937a28c5c8ccccb50dfd46a485003cc87
   logger (1.7.0) sha256=196edec7cc44b66cfb40f9755ce11b392f21f7967696af15d274dde7edff0203
@@ -142,8 +137,8 @@ CHECKSUMS
   minitest (6.0.6) sha256=153ea36d1d987a62942382b61075745042a2b3123b1cd48f4c3675af9cc7d6f1
   minitest-mock (5.27.0) sha256=7040ed7185417a966920987eaa6eaf1be4ea1fc5b25bb03ff4703f98564a55b0
   parallel (1.28.0) sha256=33e6de1484baf2524792d178b0913fc8eb94c628d6cfe45599ad4458c638c970
-  parser (3.3.11.1) sha256=d17ace7aabe3e72c3cc94043714be27cc6f852f104d81aa284c2281aecc65d54
-  power_assert (3.0.1) sha256=8ce9876716cc74e863fcd4cdcdc52d792bd983598d1af3447083a3a9a4d34103
+  parser (3.3.12.0) sha256=21a6d7f755d5a24dfbdc6e6b772e4e879a52e7631a88bc5a3a134606052c9828
+  power_assert (3.1.0) sha256=fefe98ed5d3140628138f3f9f9194d6ece01f1320e69700d3c928adca7518251
   pp (0.6.4) sha256=dfcb0fce700c41456265922884f9fe195d7fbb0674a3578e6c0f69588e82b570
   prettyprint (0.2.0) sha256=2bc9e15581a94742064a3cc8b0fb9d45aae3d03a1baa6ef80922627a0766f193
   prism (1.9.0) sha256=7b530c6a9f92c24300014919c9dcbc055bf4cdf51ec30aed099b06cd6674ef85
@@ -151,24 +146,22 @@ CHECKSUMS
   racc (1.8.1) sha256=4a7f6929691dbec8b5209a0b373bc2614882b55fc5d2e447a21aaa691303d62f
   rainbow (3.1.1) sha256=039491aa3a89f42efa1d6dec2fc4e62ede96eb6acd95e52f1ad581182b79bc6a
   rake (13.4.2) sha256=cb825b2bd5f1f8e91ca37bddb4b9aaf345551b4731da62949be002fa89283701
-  rbs (4.0.3) sha256=5a7bf70e2628549d9a1f44eae447b2cfe55968a9c60cfff52693a4bdcc020e14
+  rbs (4.1.3) sha256=0c4474a9751cdc14364bfad0b3e53678323bbdc2c31683b0445932867dbab8c4
   rdoc (8.0.0) sha256=03bf8c08a9639658855a0cfd77c0abca8325c227693f7f33f82957811348c469
   regexp_parser (2.12.0) sha256=35a916a1d63190ab5c9009457136ae5f3c0c7512d60291d0d1378ba18ce08ebb
-  reline (0.6.3) sha256=1198b04973565b36ec0f11542ab3f5cfeeec34823f4e54cebde90968092b1835
-  rubocop (1.88.1) sha256=726af773d6bc169ed3ff852f3ca020b7c58d39c34e7a8d879a8e0147cc994f26
+  reline (0.7.0) sha256=5b012d8e55dbf9d450f12bde2cf7d15ff546ae80b3f8f3b30e570d431815583d
+  rubocop (1.90.0) sha256=9eb4c065b5c5154e4ef554c547972f3905a9eb6b53e657e580b6796b54bf8242
   rubocop-ast (1.50.0) sha256=b9ca88300da0803ee222ad20cdb30494c0a784eed06fdc35d254b06d662788db
-  rubocop-minitest (0.39.1) sha256=998398d6da4026d297f0f9bf709a1eac5f2b6947c24431f94af08138510cf7ed
+  rubocop-minitest (0.40.0) sha256=353c698199115f12151144cf0b5a96f69bb9d77b660cf6536df2c4250c672a9d
   rubocop-rake (0.7.1) sha256=3797f2b6810c3e9df7376c26d5f44f3475eda59eb1adc38e6f62ecf027cbae4d
   ruby-progressbar (1.13.0) sha256=80fc9c47a9b640d6834e0dc7b3c94c9df37f08cb072b7761e4a71e22cff29b33
-  simplecov (0.22.0) sha256=fe2622c7834ff23b98066bb0a854284b2729a569ac659f82621fc22ef36213a5
-  simplecov-html (0.13.2) sha256=bd0b8e54e7c2d7685927e8d6286466359b6f16b18cb0df47b508e8d73c777246
-  simplecov_json_formatter (0.1.4) sha256=529418fbe8de1713ac2b2d612aa3daa56d316975d307244399fa4838c601b428
+  simplecov (1.1.1) sha256=25825ef13f0b2e74694d769817dad6ab8e90131dabdaa666e522fea105521e78
   test-unit (3.7.8) sha256=689d1ca53f4d46f678b4e5d68d8e4294f87fc5e8b9238cc4de7c5727e8d65943
   timecop (0.9.11) sha256=41284dc6e5041f2184f781ace766f942108c842f8d8c1386a26e6343decc7542
   tsort (0.2.0) sha256=9650a793f6859a43b6641671278f79cfead60ac714148aabe4e3f0060480089f
   unicode-display_width (3.2.0) sha256=0cdd96b5681a5949cdbc2c55e7b420facae74c4aaf9a9815eee1087cb1853c42
   unicode-emoji (4.2.0) sha256=519e69150f75652e40bf736106cfbc8f0f73aa3fb6a65afe62fefa7f80b0f80f
-  yard (0.9.44) sha256=eb087e9b631ccd887b049f303d489963945452d5e2a7eb49a5a74a7cf6887f28
+  yard (0.9.45) sha256=52e211493f7cb8a3ebf7e104a25a1e73937a3103092545d34cb88fafebb3dc51
 
 BUNDLED WITH
   4.0.15
diff --git a/lib/faker/default/stripe.rb b/lib/faker/default/stripe.rb
index 372c598644..3b8bf996ab 100644
--- a/lib/faker/default/stripe.rb
+++ b/lib/faker/default/stripe.rb
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def month
       #
       # @faker.version 1.9.0
       def year
-        start_year = ::Time.new.year + 1
+        start_year = ::Time.now.year + 1
         rand_in_range(start_year, start_year + 5).to_s
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/helpers/char.rb b/lib/helpers/char.rb
index d9c2d8b83a..842a6be83b 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/char.rb
+++ b/lib/helpers/char.rb
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ def self.romanize_cyrillic(string)
       end
 
       if Faker::Config.locale == 'ru'
-        # Based on conventions abopted by BGN/PCGN for Russian
+        # Based on conventions adopted by BGN/PCGN for Russian
         ru_chars = {
           'а' => 'a', 'б' => 'b', 'в' => 'v', 'г' => 'h', 'д' => 'd', 'е' => 'e',
           'ё' => 'ye', 'ж' => 'zh', 'з' => 'z', 'и' => 'i', 'й' => 'y', 'к' => 'k',
-          'л' => 'l',  'м' => 'm',  'н' => 'n',  'о' => 'o', 'п' => 'p', 'р' => 'r',
-          'с' => 's',  'т' => 't',  'у' => 'u',  'ф' => 'f', 'х' => 'kh', 'ц' => 'ts',
+          'л' => 'l',  'м' => 'm',  'н' => 'n', 'о' => 'o', 'п' => 'p', 'р' => 'r',
+          'с' => 's',  'т' => 't',  'у' => 'u', 'ф' => 'f', 'х' => 'kh', 'ц' => 'ts',
           'ч' => 'ch', 'ш' => 'sh', 'щ' => 'shch', 'ы' => 'у', 'э' => 'e', 'ю' => 'yu',
           'я' => 'ya', 'А' => 'a',  'Б' => 'b', 'В' => 'v', 'Г' => 'h', 'Д' => 'd',
           'Е' => 'e', 'Ё' => 'ye', 'Ж' => 'zh', 'З' => 'z', 'И' => 'i', 'Й' => 'y',
diff --git a/lib/helpers/deprecator.rb b/lib/helpers/deprecator.rb
index 58b777a7b1..cd645fe7fa 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/deprecator.rb
+++ b/lib/helpers/deprecator.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Based on Rails ActiveSupport Deprecator
 # https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/main/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/constant_accessor.rb
 
-# rubocop:disable Style/ClassVars
+# rubocop:disable-next Style/ClassVars
 module Faker
   # Provides a way to rename generators, including their namespaces, with a deprecation cycle in which
   # both the old and new names work, but using the old one prints a deprecation message.
@@ -115,4 +115,3 @@ def self.skip=(value)
     end
   end
 end
-# rubocop:enable Style/ClassVars
diff --git a/test/faker/default/test_faker_city.rb b/test/faker/default/test_faker_city.rb
index 8d39bd972a..8ac943fa7e 100644
--- a/test/faker/default/test_faker_city.rb
+++ b/test/faker/default/test_faker_city.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def setup
     I18n.config.available_locales += [:xx]
     I18n.backend.store_translations(:xx, xx)
 
-    # rubocop:disable Lint/InterpolationCheck
+    # rubocop:disable-next Lint/InterpolationCheck
     xy = {
       faker: {
         address: {
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ def setup
         }
       }
     }
-    # rubocop:enable Lint/InterpolationCheck
     I18n.config.available_locales += [:xy]
     I18n.backend.store_translations(:xy, xy)
   end
diff --git a/test/faker/default/test_faker_street.rb b/test/faker/default/test_faker_street.rb
index 7c61975604..e89fd40633 100644
--- a/test/faker/default/test_faker_street.rb
+++ b/test/faker/default/test_faker_street.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class TestFakerStreet < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @tester = Faker::Address
     @old_locales = I18n.config.available_locales
-    # rubocop:disable Lint/InterpolationCheck
+    # rubocop:disable-next Lint/InterpolationCheck
     shire = {
       faker: {
         address: {
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ def setup
         }
       }
     }
-    # rubocop:enable Lint/InterpolationCheck
     I18n.config.available_locales += [:shire]
     I18n.backend.store_translations(:shire, shire)
   end
diff --git a/test/test_determinism.rb b/test/test_determinism.rb
index f612248af0..2b2967e120 100644
--- a/test/test_determinism.rb
+++ b/test/test_determinism.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require 'minitest/mock'
 require_relative 'test_helper'
 
-# rubocop:disable Security/Eval,Style/EvalWithLocation
+# rubocop:disable-next Security/Eval,Style/EvalWithLocation
 class TestDeterminism < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @all_methods = all_methods.freeze
@@ -98,4 +98,3 @@ def skipped_classes
     ]
   end
 end
-# rubocop:enable Security/Eval,Style/EvalWithLocation
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 53588e9296..5c1fa84ab3 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 SimpleCov.formatter = SimpleCov::Formatter::JSONFormatter
 
 SimpleCov.start do
-  add_filter ['.bundle', 'lib/extensions', 'test']
+  skip ['.bundle', 'lib/extensions', 'test']
 end
 
 require_relative 'support/assert_not_english'