diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index d0fe8e0d4..3af4b3eb7 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ Layout/TrailingWhitespace:
 Style/RedundantPercentQ:
   Enabled: true
 
+Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods:
+  Enabled: true
+
 # Align `end` with the matching keyword or starting expression except for
 # assignments, where it should be aligned with the LHS.
 Layout/EndAlignment:
diff --git a/lib/install/template.rb b/lib/install/template.rb
index 6a38f0656..b07377f84 100644
--- a/lib/install/template.rb
+++ b/lib/install/template.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 say "Copying .browserslistrc to app root directory"
 copy_file "#{__dir__}/config/.browserslistrc", ".browserslistrc"
 
-if Dir.exists?(Webpacker.config.source_path)
+if Dir.exist?(Webpacker.config.source_path)
   say "The JavaScript app source directory already exists"
 else
   say "Creating JavaScript app source directory"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 apply "#{__dir__}/binstubs.rb"
 
-if File.exists?(".gitignore")
+if File.exist?(".gitignore")
   append_to_file ".gitignore" do
     "\n"                   +
     "/public/packs\n"      +