diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/articles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/articles_controller.rb
index 15b30592..f2368632 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/articles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/articles_controller.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def autosave
     @article.text_filter_name ||= default_text_filter
 
     if @article.title.blank?
-      lastid = Article.order("id desc").first.id
+      lastid = Article.order(id: :desc).first.id
       @article.title = "Draft article #{lastid}"
     end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/redirects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/redirects_controller.rb
index 5fb87ce2..51588aa4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/redirects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/redirects_controller.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ class Admin::RedirectsController < Admin::BaseController
   before_action :set_redirect, only: [:edit, :update, :destroy]
 
   def index
-    @redirects = Redirect.where(content_id: nil).order("id desc").page(params[:page])
+    @redirects = Redirect.where(content_id: nil).order(id: :desc).page(params[:page])
       .per(this_blog.admin_display_elements)
     @redirect = Redirect.new
   end
 
   def edit
-    @redirects = Redirect.where(content_id: nil).order("id desc").page(params[:page])
+    @redirects = Redirect.where(content_id: nil).order(id: :desc).page(params[:page])
       .per(this_blog.admin_display_elements)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/resources_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/resources_controller.rb
index d120c588..39ffd148 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/resources_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/resources_controller.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def upload
 
   def index
     @r = Resource.new
-    @resources = Resource.order("created_at DESC").page(params[:page])
+    @resources = Resource.order(created_at: :desc).page(params[:page])
       .per(this_blog.admin_display_elements)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/tags_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/tags_controller.rb
index adf8f0d7..b74cd80d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/tags_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/tags_controller.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def tag_params
   end
 
   def fetch_tags
-    @tags = Tag.order("display_name").page(params[:page])
+    @tags = Tag.order(:display_name).page(params[:page])
       .per(this_blog.admin_display_elements)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index e2ca5dbe..6d53a068 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Admin::UsersController < Admin::BaseController
   before_action :set_user, only: [:edit, :update, :destroy]
 
   def index
-    @users = User.order("login asc").page(params[:page])
+    @users = User.order(:login).page(params[:page])
       .per(this_blog.admin_display_elements)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 1bac7a38..e4d0a3b0 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Article < Content
              "contents.state" => "published")
       .group("contents.id")
       .select("contents.*, count(feedback.id) as comment_count")
-      .order("comment_count DESC")
+      .order(comment_count: :desc)
       .limit(5)
   }
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def self.search_with(params)
       scoped = scoped.send(params[:state])
     end
 
-    scoped.order("created_at DESC")
+    scoped.order(created_at: :desc)
   end
 
   # FIXME: Use keyword params to clean up call sites.
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ def feed_url(format)
   end
 
   def next
-    Article.where("published_at > ?", published_at).order("published_at asc")
+    Article.where("published_at > ?", published_at).order(:published_at)
       .limit(1).first
   end
 
   def previous
-    Article.where(published_at: ...published_at).order("published_at desc")
+    Article.where(published_at: ...published_at).order(published_at: :desc)
       .limit(1).first
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/blog.rb b/app/models/blog.rb
index e6fca52a..cf3c91cf 100644
--- a/app/models/blog.rb
+++ b/app/models/blog.rb
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ class Blog < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :notes
 
   has_many :redirects
-  has_many :sidebars, ->() { order("active_position ASC") }
+  has_many :sidebars, ->() { order(:active_position) }
 
   attr_accessor :custom_permalink
 
-  default_scope -> { order("id") }
+  default_scope -> { order(:id) }
 
   validates :blog_name, presence: true
 
diff --git a/app/models/comment.rb b/app/models/comment.rb
index d5512a96..e479598f 100644
--- a/app/models/comment.rb
+++ b/app/models/comment.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Comment < Feedback
   scope :ham, -> { where(state: "ham") }
   scope :unconfirmed, -> { where(state: %w(presumed_spam presumed_ham)) }
 
-  scope :last_published, -> { published.limit(5).order("created_at DESC") }
+  scope :last_published, -> { published.limit(5).order(created_at: :desc) }
 
   def notify_user_via_email(user)
     EmailNotify.send_comment(self, user) if user.notify_via_email?
diff --git a/app/models/content.rb b/app/models/content.rb
index e1389fa5..15e0557b 100644
--- a/app/models/content.rb
+++ b/app/models/content.rb
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ class Content < ApplicationRecord
                          published.where(published_at: PublifyTime.delta(*time_params))
                        }
   scope :not_published, -> { where.not(state: "published") }
-  scope :drafts, -> { where(state: "draft").order("created_at DESC") }
-  scope :no_draft, -> { where.not(state: "draft").order("published_at DESC") }
+  scope :drafts, -> { where(state: "draft").order(created_at: :desc) }
+  scope :no_draft, -> { where.not(state: "draft").order(published_at: :desc) }
   scope :searchstring, lambda { |search_string|
     result = where(state: "published")
 
@@ -119,6 +119,6 @@ def rss_description
   end
 
   def short_url
-    redirect.from_url if redirect.present?
+    redirect&.from_url
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/feedback.rb b/app/models/feedback.rb
index 4bbef23f..d918f6cb 100644
--- a/app/models/feedback.rb
+++ b/app/models/feedback.rb
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def akismet_client
   end
 
   def blog_id
-    article.blog_id if article.present?
+    article.blog_id
   end
 
   def plural_model_name
diff --git a/app/models/note.rb b/app/models/note.rb
index d83dcdef..b640ce62 100644
--- a/app/models/note.rb
+++ b/app/models/note.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Note < Content
   scope :published, lambda {
     where(state: "published").where(published_at: ..Time.zone.now).order(default_order)
   }
-  default_scope { order("published_at DESC") }
+  default_scope { order(published_at: :desc) }
 
   TWITTER_FTP_URL_LENGTH = 19
   TWITTER_HTTP_URL_LENGTH = 20
diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index cd513970..25233393 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ def self.find_all_with_content_counters
       .where(contents: { state: "published" })
       .select(*Tag.column_names, "COUNT(contents_tags.content_id) as content_counter")
       .group(*Tag.column_names)
-      .order("content_counter DESC").limit(1000)
+      .order(content_counter: :desc).limit(1000)
   end
 
   def self.find_with_char(char)
-    where("name LIKE ? ", "%#{char}%").order("name ASC")
+    where("name LIKE ? ", "%#{char}%").order(:name)
   end
 
   def self.collection_to_string(tags)
diff --git a/publify_core.gemspec b/publify_core.gemspec
index ce4a4389..9aedf4b9 100644
--- a/publify_core.gemspec
+++ b/publify_core.gemspec
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-capybara", "~> 2.22.1"
   s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-factory_bot", "~> 2.27.1"
   s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.26.1"
-  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.32.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rails", "~> 2.34.3"
   s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec", "~> 3.7.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rubocop-rspec_rails", "~> 2.32.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "shoulda-matchers", "~> 6.0"