diff --git a/.hound.yml b/.hound.yml
index a8568704c..2c4f3544b 100644
--- a/.hound.yml
+++ b/.hound.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 rubocop:
-  config_file: .rubocop_basic.yml
-  version: 0.72.0
+  config_file: .rubocop.yml
+  version: 0.75.0
 scss:
   config_file: .scss-lint.yml
 erblint:
diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 1f4d68f62..d89574c31 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,172 @@
-inherit_from: .rubocop_basic.yml
+require:
+  - rubocop-performance
+  - rubocop-rails
+  - rubocop-rspec
+
+AllCops:
+  DisplayCopNames: true
+  DisplayStyleGuide: true
+  Exclude:
+    - "db/schema.rb"
+  DisabledByDefault: true
+
+Bundler/DuplicatedGem:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Bundler/OrderedGems:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Capybara/CurrentPathExpectation:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Capybara/FeatureMethods:
+  Enabled: true
+  EnabledMethods:
+    - scenario
+    - xscenario
+
+FactoryBot/AttributeDefinedStatically:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EmptyLineAfterGuardClause:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EmptyLineBetweenDefs:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EmptyLines:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EmptyLinesAroundAccessModifier:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EmptyLinesAroundBlockBody:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EmptyLinesAroundClassBody:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EmptyLinesAroundMethodBody:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EmptyLinesAroundModuleBody:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/EndOfLine:
+  EnforcedStyle: lf
+
+Layout/ExtraSpacing:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/IndentationConsistency:
+  EnforcedStyle: indented_internal_methods
+
+Layout/IndentationWidth:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/MultilineBlockLayout:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceAfterColon:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceAfterComma:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceAfterMethodName:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceAfterNot:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceAfterSemicolon:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceAroundBlockParameters:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceAroundEqualsInParameterDefault:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceAroundOperators:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceBeforeBlockBraces:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceBeforeComma:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceBeforeComment:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceBeforeFirstArg:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceBeforeSemicolon:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceInsideArrayLiteralBrackets:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceInsideArrayPercentLiteral:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceInsideBlockBraces:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceInsideHashLiteralBraces:
+  Enabled: true
+  EnforcedStyle: compact
+
+Layout/SpaceInsideParens:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceInsidePercentLiteralDelimiters:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceInsideRangeLiteral:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceInsideReferenceBrackets:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/SpaceInsideStringInterpolation:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/Tab:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/TrailingBlankLines:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Layout/TrailingWhitespace:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Lint/AmbiguousRegexpLiteral:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Lint/DuplicateMethods:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Lint/LiteralAsCondition:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Lint/ParenthesesAsGroupedExpression:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Lint/ShadowingOuterLocalVariable:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Lint/StringConversionInInterpolation:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Lint/UselessAssignment:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Metrics/LineLength:
+  Max: 110
+  Severity: refactor
 
 Performance/CompareWithBlock:
   Enabled: true
@@ -15,17 +183,186 @@ Performance/EndWith:
 Performance/StartWith:
   Enabled: true
 
-Rails/HasManyOrHasOneDependent:
+Rails/ActionFilter:
   Enabled: true
 
+Rails/ApplicationJob:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/ApplicationRecord:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/CreateTableWithTimestamps:
+  Enabled: true
+  Exclude:
+    - "db/migrate/201[5-8]*"
+
+Rails/Date:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/DynamicFindBy:
+  Enabled: true
+  Severity: refactor
+
+Rails/EnumUniqueness:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/EnvironmentComparison:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/FindBy:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/FindEach:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/HasAndBelongsToMany:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/HasManyOrHasOneDependent:
+  Enabled: true
+  Severity: refactor
+
+Rails/HttpPositionalArguments:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/InverseOf:
+  Enabled: true
+  Exclude:
+    - "app/models/related_content.rb"
+
+Rails/NotNullColumn:
+  Enabled: true
+  Exclude:
+    - "db/migrate/201[5-7]*"
+
+Rails/OutputSafety:
+  Enabled: true
+  Severity: warning
+  Exclude:
+    - app/helpers/text_with_links_helper.rb
+
+Rails/PluralizationGrammar:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/Presence:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/RelativeDateConstant:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/RequestReferer:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/ReversibleMigration:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/SafeNavigation:
+  Enabled: true
+  ConvertTry: true
+
+Rails/SaveBang:
+  Enabled: true
+  Severity: refactor
+
 Rails/SkipsModelValidations:
   Enabled: true
+  Blacklist:
+    - update_attribute
+  Exclude:
+    - lib/acts_as_paranoid_aliases.rb
+
+Rails/TimeZone:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Rails/UnknownEnv:
+  Enabled: true
+  Environments:
+    - development
+    - test
+    - production
+    - preproduction
+    - staging
+
+Rails/Validation:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/AroundBlock:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/BeforeAfterAll:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/DescribedClass:
+  Enabled: true
+  EnforcedStyle: explicit
+
+RSpec/EmptyExampleGroup:
+  Enabled: true
+  Exclude:
+    - spec/factories/**/*
+
+RSpec/EmptyLineAfterExampleGroup:
+  Enabled: true
+  Exclude:
+    - spec/factories/**/*
+
+RSpec/ExampleWording:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/Focus:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/HookArgument:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/InstanceVariable:
+  Enabled: true
+  Exclude:
+    - spec/controllers/concerns/has_filters_spec.rb
+    - spec/controllers/concerns/has_orders_spec.rb
+
+RSpec/LetBeforeExamples:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/LetSetup:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/NotToNot:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/OverwritingSetup:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/RepeatedExample:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/ScatteredLet:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/ScatteredSetup:
+  Enabled: true
+
+RSpec/VoidExpect:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Security/Eval:
+  Enabled: true
 
 Security/JSONLoad:
   Enabled: true
 
-Security/MarshalLoad:
-  Enabled: true
-
 Security/YAMLLoad:
   Enabled: true
+
+Style/BlockDelimiters:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Style/PercentLiteralDelimiters:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Style/SafeNavigation:
+  Enabled: true
+
+Style/StringLiterals:
+  EnforcedStyle: double_quotes
diff --git a/.rubocop_basic.yml b/.rubocop_basic.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 364ae1b84..000000000
--- a/.rubocop_basic.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,338 +0,0 @@
-require:
-  - rubocop-performance
-  - rubocop-rails
-  - rubocop-rspec
-
-AllCops:
-  DisplayCopNames: true
-  DisplayStyleGuide: true
-  Exclude:
-    - "db/schema.rb"
-  # RuboCop has a bunch of cops enabled by default. This setting tells RuboCop
-  # to ignore them, so only the ones explicitly set in this file are enabled.
-  DisabledByDefault: true
-
-Bundler/DuplicatedGem:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Bundler/OrderedGems:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Capybara/CurrentPathExpectation:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Capybara/FeatureMethods:
-  Enabled: true
-  EnabledMethods:
-    - scenario
-    - xscenario
-
-FactoryBot/AttributeDefinedStatically:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EmptyLineAfterGuardClause:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EmptyLineBetweenDefs:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EmptyLinesAroundAccessModifier:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EmptyLinesAroundBlockBody:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EmptyLinesAroundClassBody:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EmptyLinesAroundMethodBody:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EmptyLinesAroundModuleBody:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/ExtraSpacing:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceAroundEqualsInParameterDefault:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/IndentationConsistency:
-  EnforcedStyle: indented_internal_methods
-
-Layout/IndentationWidth:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EmptyLines:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/EndOfLine:
-  EnforcedStyle: lf
-
-Layout/MultilineBlockLayout:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceAfterColon:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceAfterComma:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceAfterMethodName:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceAfterNot:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceAfterSemicolon:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceAroundBlockParameters:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceAroundOperators:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceBeforeBlockBraces:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceBeforeComma:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceBeforeComment:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceBeforeFirstArg:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceBeforeSemicolon:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideArrayLiteralBrackets:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideArrayPercentLiteral:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideBlockBraces:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideHashLiteralBraces:
-  Enabled: true
-  EnforcedStyle: compact
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideParens:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceInsidePercentLiteralDelimiters:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideRangeLiteral:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideReferenceBrackets:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideStringInterpolation:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/Tab:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/TrailingBlankLines:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Layout/TrailingWhitespace:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Lint/AmbiguousRegexpLiteral:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Lint/DuplicateMethods:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Lint/LiteralAsCondition:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Lint/ParenthesesAsGroupedExpression:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Lint/ShadowingOuterLocalVariable:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Lint/StringConversionInInterpolation:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Lint/UselessAssignment:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Metrics/LineLength:
-  Max: 110
-  Severity: refactor
-
-Rails/ActionFilter:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/ApplicationJob:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/ApplicationRecord:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/CreateTableWithTimestamps:
-  Enabled: true
-  Exclude:
-    - "db/migrate/201[5-8]*"
-
-Rails/Date:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/DynamicFindBy:
-  Enabled: true
-  Severity: refactor
-
-Rails/EnumUniqueness:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/EnvironmentComparison:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/FindBy:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/FindEach:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/HttpPositionalArguments:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/HasAndBelongsToMany:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/InverseOf:
-  Enabled: true
-  Exclude:
-    - "app/models/related_content.rb"
-
-Rails/NotNullColumn:
-  Enabled: true
-  Exclude:
-    - "db/migrate/201[5-7]*"
-
-Rails/OutputSafety:
-  Enabled: true
-  Severity: warning
-  Exclude:
-    - app/helpers/text_with_links_helper.rb
-
-Rails/PluralizationGrammar:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/Presence:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/RelativeDateConstant:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/RequestReferer:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/ReversibleMigration:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/SafeNavigation:
-  Enabled: true
-  ConvertTry: true
-
-Rails/SaveBang:
-  Enabled: true
-  Severity: refactor
-
-Rails/TimeZone:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Rails/UnknownEnv:
-  Enabled: true
-  Environments:
-    - development
-    - test
-    - production
-    - preproduction
-    - staging
-
-Rails/Validation:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/AroundBlock:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/BeforeAfterAll:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/DescribedClass:
-  Enabled: true
-  EnforcedStyle: explicit
-
-RSpec/EmptyExampleGroup:
-  Enabled: true
-  Exclude:
-    - spec/factories/**/*
-
-RSpec/EmptyLineAfterExampleGroup:
-  Enabled: true
-  Exclude:
-    - spec/factories/**/*
-
-RSpec/ExampleWording:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/Focus:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/HookArgument:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/InstanceVariable:
-  Enabled: true
-  Exclude:
-    - spec/controllers/concerns/has_filters_spec.rb
-    - spec/controllers/concerns/has_orders_spec.rb
-
-RSpec/LetBeforeExamples:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/LetSetup:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/NotToNot:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/OverwritingSetup:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/RepeatedExample:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/ScatteredLet:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/ScatteredSetup:
-  Enabled: true
-
-RSpec/VoidExpect:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Security/Eval:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Style/BlockDelimiters:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Style/PercentLiteralDelimiters:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Style/SafeNavigation:
-  Enabled: true
-
-Style/StringLiterals:
-  EnforcedStyle: double_quotes
diff --git a/app/controllers/debates_controller.rb b/app/controllers/debates_controller.rb
index 67ff502d4..ee2103ee2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/debates_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/debates_controller.rb
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ class DebatesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def unmark_featured
-    @debate.update_attribute(:featured_at, nil)
+    @debate.update!(featured_at: nil)
     redirect_to request.query_parameters.merge(action: :index)
   end
 
   def mark_featured
-    @debate.update_attribute(:featured_at, Time.current)
+    @debate.update!(featured_at: Time.current)
     redirect_to request.query_parameters.merge(action: :index)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/budget/phase.rb b/app/models/budget/phase.rb
index 6432a13b1..de90075a7 100644
--- a/app/models/budget/phase.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget/phase.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Budget
     include Globalizable
     include Sanitizable
 
-    belongs_to :budget
+    belongs_to :budget, touch: true
     belongs_to :next_phase, class_name: self.name, inverse_of: :prev_phase
     has_one :prev_phase, class_name: self.name, foreign_key: :next_phase_id, inverse_of: :next_phase
 
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class Budget
     validate :next_phase_dates_valid?
 
     after_save :adjust_date_ranges
-    after_save :touch_budget
 
     scope :enabled,           -> { where(enabled: true) }
     scope :published,         -> { enabled.where.not(kind: "drafting") }
@@ -70,10 +69,6 @@ class Budget
         end
       end
 
-      def touch_budget
-        budget.touch
-      end
-
       def prev_phase_dates_valid?
         if enabled? && starts_at.present? && prev_enabled_phase.present?
           prev_enabled_phase.assign_attributes(ends_at: starts_at)
diff --git a/app/models/poll/question/answer.rb b/app/models/poll/question/answer.rb
index cb431b9b2..91320743c 100644
--- a/app/models/poll/question/answer.rb
+++ b/app/models/poll/question/answer.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Poll::Question::Answer < ApplicationRecord
 
   def self.order_answers(ordered_array)
     ordered_array.each_with_index do |answer_id, order|
-      find(answer_id).update_attribute(:given_order, (order + 1))
+      find(answer_id).update_column(:given_order, (order + 1))
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/comments_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/comments_controller_spec.rb
index 9ec1af021..6f9cfc9b2 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/comments_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/comments_controller_spec.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe CommentsController do
 
     it "does not create a comment if the comments are closed" do
       sign_in user
-      legal_process.update_attribute(:debate_end_date, Date.current - 1.day)
+      legal_process.update!(debate_end_date: Date.current - 1.day)
 
       expect do
         post :create, xhr: true,
diff --git a/spec/controllers/legislation/annotations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/legislation/annotations_controller_spec.rb
index b309d7910..1768b4a3d 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/legislation/annotations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/legislation/annotations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe Legislation::AnnotationsController do
 
     it "does not create an annotation if the process allegations phase is not open" do
       sign_in user
-      legal_process.update_attribute(:allegations_end_date, Date.current - 1.day)
+      legal_process.update!(allegations_end_date: Date.current - 1.day)
 
       expect do
         post :create, xhr: true,
diff --git a/spec/controllers/legislation/answers_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/legislation/answers_controller_spec.rb
index b45b97e6f..e05731801 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/legislation/answers_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/legislation/answers_controller_spec.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe Legislation::AnswersController do
 
     it "does not create an answer if the process debate phase is not open" do
       sign_in user
-      legal_process.update_attribute(:debate_end_date, Date.current - 1.day)
+      legal_process.update!(debate_end_date: Date.current - 1.day)
 
       expect do
         post :create, xhr: true,
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/admin_notifications_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/admin_notifications_spec.rb
index 1829e2d60..6e8f69c9e 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/admin_notifications_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/admin_notifications_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe "Admin Notifications" do
 
     scenario "Notification with invalid segment recipient" do
       invalid_notification = create(:admin_notification)
-      invalid_notification.update_attribute(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
+      invalid_notification.update_column(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
 
       visit admin_admin_notification_path(invalid_notification)
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe "Admin Notifications" do
 
     scenario "Notifications with invalid segment recipient" do
       invalid_notification = create(:admin_notification)
-      invalid_notification.update_attribute(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
+      invalid_notification.update_column(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
 
       visit admin_admin_notifications_path
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ describe "Admin Notifications" do
 
     scenario "Admin notification with invalid segment recipient cannot be sent", :js do
       invalid_notification = create(:admin_notification)
-      invalid_notification.update_attribute(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
+      invalid_notification.update_column(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
       visit admin_admin_notification_path(invalid_notification)
 
       expect(page).not_to have_link("Send")
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/budget_investments_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/budget_investments_spec.rb
index 93d55e92a..3bb12abdb 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/budget_investments_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/budget_investments_spec.rb
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ describe "Admin budget investments" do
     end
 
     scenario "Select an investment when some columns are not displayed", :js do
-      investment.update_attribute(:title, "Don't display me, please!")
+      investment.update!(title: "Don't display me, please!")
 
       visit admin_budget_budget_investments_path(budget)
       within("#js-columns-selector") { find("strong", text: "Columns").click }
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/emails/emails_download_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/emails/emails_download_spec.rb
index 382107199..9c29a0742 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/emails/emails_download_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/emails/emails_download_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe "Admin download user emails" do
 
       admin_without_email = create(:user, newsletter: true, email: "no_email@consul.dev")
       create(:administrator, user: admin_without_email)
-      admin_without_email.update_attribute(:email, nil)
+      admin_without_email.update_column(:email, nil)
     end
 
     scenario "returns the selected users segment csv file" do
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/emails/newsletters_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/emails/newsletters_spec.rb
index a1acb8ef4..d78b3c0fe 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/emails/newsletters_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/emails/newsletters_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe "Admin newsletter emails" do
 
     scenario "Invalid newsletter" do
       invalid_newsletter = create(:newsletter)
-      invalid_newsletter.update_attribute(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
+      invalid_newsletter.update_column(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
 
       visit admin_newsletter_path(invalid_newsletter)
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe "Admin newsletter emails" do
 
     scenario "Invalid newsletter" do
       invalid_newsletter = create(:newsletter)
-      invalid_newsletter.update_attribute(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
+      invalid_newsletter.update_column(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
 
       visit admin_newsletters_path
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe "Admin newsletter emails" do
 
     scenario "Invalid newsletter cannot be sent", :js do
       invalid_newsletter = create(:newsletter)
-      invalid_newsletter.update_attribute(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
+      invalid_newsletter.update_column(:segment_recipient, "invalid_segment")
       visit admin_newsletter_path(invalid_newsletter)
 
       expect(page).not_to have_link("Send")
diff --git a/spec/features/legislation/questions_spec.rb b/spec/features/legislation/questions_spec.rb
index 32d416c77..10deb9a95 100644
--- a/spec/features/legislation/questions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/legislation/questions_spec.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe "Legislation" do
     end
 
     scenario "cannot answer question when phase not open" do
-      process.update_attribute(:debate_end_date, Date.current - 1.day)
+      process.update!(debate_end_date: Date.current - 1.day)
       question = process.questions.first
       create(:legislation_question_option, question: question, value: "Yes")
       create(:legislation_question_option, question: question, value: "No")
diff --git a/spec/lib/email_digests_spec.rb b/spec/lib/email_digests_spec.rb
index ab96fc0d6..d079691c9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/email_digests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/email_digests_spec.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ describe EmailDigest do
 
     it "returns false if email does not exist" do
       user = create(:user)
-      user.update_attribute(:email, nil)
+      user.email = nil
 
       email_digest = EmailDigest.new(user)
       expect(email_digest.valid_email?).to be(false)
diff --git a/spec/models/budget/investment_spec.rb b/spec/models/budget/investment_spec.rb
index 4f87927d0..ae896819c 100644
--- a/spec/models/budget/investment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/budget/investment_spec.rb
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ describe Budget::Investment do
       user.erase
       user.update!(document_number: nil)
       expect(user.document_number).to be_blank
-      investment.touch
+      investment.valid?
       expect(investment.responsible_name).to eq("123456")
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/budget/phase_spec.rb b/spec/models/budget/phase_spec.rb
index c0b4852b7..e44a2e234 100644
--- a/spec/models/budget/phase_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/budget/phase_spec.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ describe Budget::Phase do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#save" do
+    it "touches the budget when it's updated" do
+      budget = create(:budget)
+
+      travel(10.seconds) do
+        budget.current_phase.update!(enabled: false)
+
+        expect(budget.updated_at).to eq Time.current
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#adjust_date_ranges" do
     let(:prev_enabled_phase) { second_phase.prev_enabled_phase }
     let(:next_enabled_phase) { second_phase.next_enabled_phase }
diff --git a/spec/models/concerns/globalizable.rb b/spec/models/concerns/globalizable.rb
index fc4c01e61..c72de6499 100644
--- a/spec/models/concerns/globalizable.rb
+++ b/spec/models/concerns/globalizable.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ shared_examples_for "globalizable" do |factory_name|
   let(:attribute) { required_fields.sample || fields.sample }
 
   before do
-    record.update_attribute(attribute, "In English")
+    record.update!(attribute => "In English")
 
     I18n.with_locale(:es) do
       record.update!(required_fields.map { |field| [field, "En español"] }.to_h)
-      record.update_attribute(attribute, "En español")
+      record.update!(attribute => "En español")
     end
 
     record.reload
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ shared_examples_for "globalizable" do |factory_name|
     before do
       I18n.with_locale(:de) do
         record.update!(required_fields.map { |field| [field, "Deutsch"] }.to_h)
-        record.update_attribute(attribute, "Deutsch")
+        record.update!(attribute => "Deutsch")
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/proposal_spec.rb b/spec/models/proposal_spec.rb
index e75660a53..3cc07c438 100644
--- a/spec/models/proposal_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/proposal_spec.rb
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ describe Proposal do
         proposal = create(:proposal)
 
         tag_list = ["tag1", "tag2", "tag3", "tag4", "tag5", "tag6", "tag7"]
-        proposal.update_attribute(:tag_list, tag_list)
+        proposal.update!(tag_list: tag_list)
 
         expect(proposal.update_cached_votes).to eq(true)
       end