diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 8821e85..1468772 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #### General
 
-- [ ] Update Changelog following the conventions laid out on [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
+- [ ] Update Changelog following the conventions laid out [here](https://github.com/sensu-plugins/community/blob/master/HOW_WE_CHANGELOG.md)
 
 - [ ] Update README with any necessary configuration snippets
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec75915..9b6ce57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
-#Change Log
+# Change Log
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-This CHANGELOG follows the format listed at [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
+This CHANGELOG follows the format listed [here](https://github.com/sensu-plugins/community/blob/master/HOW_WE_CHANGELOG.md)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+### Security
+- updated rubocop dependency to `~> 0.51.0` per: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8418. (@majormoses)
+
+### Fixed
+- misc typos (@majormoses)
+
+### Changed
+- uipdated Changelog guidelines location (@majormoses)
+
 ### Added
 - ruby 2.4 testing (@majormoses)
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ad50875..65b8084 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ require 'rubocop/rake_task'
 require 'yard'
 require 'yard/rake/yardoc_task'
 
-args = [:spec, :make_bin_executable, :yard, :rubocop, :check_binstubs]
+args = %i[spec make_bin_executable yard rubocop check_binstubs]
 
 YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new do |t|
-  OTHER_PATHS = %w().freeze
+  OTHER_PATHS = %w[].freeze
   t.files = ['lib/**/*.rb', 'bin/**/*.rb', OTHER_PATHS]
-  t.options = %w(--markup-provider=redcarpet --markup=markdown --main=README.md --files CHANGELOG.md)
+  t.options = %w[--markup-provider=redcarpet --markup=markdown --main=README.md --files CHANGELOG.md]
 end
 
 RuboCop::RakeTask.new
diff --git a/bin/check-nginx-status.rb b/bin/check-nginx-status.rb
index 34eb19d..7f76b25 100755
--- a/bin/check-nginx-status.rb
+++ b/bin/check-nginx-status.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def statutor
         end
         return response
       end
-    rescue => e
+    rescue StandardError => e
       unknown "Could not fetch Nginx status | #{e.message}"
     end
   end
diff --git a/sensu-plugins-nginx.gemspec b/sensu-plugins-nginx.gemspec
index 0791816..e854ab0 100644
--- a/sensu-plugins-nginx.gemspec
+++ b/sensu-plugins-nginx.gemspec
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
 require 'date'
 require_relative 'lib/sensu-plugins-nginx'
 
-Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+Gem::Specification.new do |s| # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockLength
   s.authors                = ['Sensu-Plugins and contributors']
   s.date                   = Date.today.to_s
   s.description            = 'This plugin provides native nginx instrumentation
                               for metrics collection, including: metrics via `stub_status`.'
   s.email                  = '<sensu-users@googlegroups.com>'
   s.executables            = Dir.glob('bin/**/*.rb').map { |file| File.basename(file) }
-  s.files                  = Dir.glob('{bin,lib}/**/*') + %w(LICENSE README.md CHANGELOG.md)
+  s.files                  = Dir.glob('{bin,lib}/**/*') + %w[LICENSE README.md CHANGELOG.md]
   s.homepage               = 'https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-nginx'
   s.license                = 'MIT'
   s.metadata               = { 'maintainer'         => '@mattyjones',
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                      '~> 10.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'redcarpet',                 '~> 3.2'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',                     '~> 3.1'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',                   '~> 0.40.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',                   '~> 0.51.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'yard',                      '~> 0.8'
 end