diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e8a273e..b1d300e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Master (Unreleased)
 
+- Fix an error for `RSpecRails/HttpStatus`. ([@ydah])
+
 ## 2.28.1 (2024-03-29)
 
 - Implicit dependency on RuboCop RSpec. Note that if you use rubocop-rspec_rails, you must also explicitly add rubocop-rspec to the Gemfile, because you are changing to an implicit dependency on RuboCop RSpec. ([@ydah])
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a1e1c2f9..9f03dd86 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ gemspec
 
 gem 'bump'
 gem 'danger'
-gem 'rack'
 gem 'rake'
 gem 'rspec', '~> 3.11'
 gem 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.7'
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ gem 'simplecov', '>= 0.19'
 gem 'yard'
 
 # TODO: Move to gemspec when RuboCop RSpec v3 is released.
-gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.27'
+gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.27.1'
 
 local_gemfile = 'Gemfile.local'
 eval_gemfile(local_gemfile) if File.exist?(local_gemfile)
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/rspec_rails_cops.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/rspec_rails_cops.rb
index c436b81d..1a101b34 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/rspec_rails_cops.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/rspec_rails_cops.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 
 require_relative 'rspec_rails/avoid_setup_hook'
 require_relative 'rspec_rails/have_http_status'
-require_relative 'rspec_rails/negation_be_valid'
-begin
-  require_relative 'rspec_rails/http_status'
-rescue LoadError
-  # RSpecRails/HttpStatus cannot be loaded if rack/utils is unavailable.
-end
+require_relative 'rspec_rails/http_status'
 require_relative 'rspec_rails/inferred_spec_type'
 require_relative 'rspec_rails/minitest_assertions'
+require_relative 'rspec_rails/negation_be_valid'
 require_relative 'rspec_rails/travel_around'
diff --git a/rubocop-rspec_rails.gemspec b/rubocop-rspec_rails.gemspec
index 10a60dee..33a32795 100644
--- a/rubocop-rspec_rails.gemspec
+++ b/rubocop-rspec_rails.gemspec
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
     'rubygems_mfa_required' => 'true'
   }
 
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rack'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.40'
 end