diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index c1d34c237..d4e10e9f5 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -472,17 +472,6 @@ RSpec/VerifiedDoubles:
     - 'spec/controllers/gardens_controller_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/views/devise/shared/_links_spec.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 7
-# This cop supports unsafe autocorrection (--autocorrect-all).
-# Configuration parameters: ResponseMethods.
-# ResponseMethods: response, last_response
-RSpecRails/HaveHttpStatus:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'spec/controllers/api/v1/plantings_controller_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/controllers/harvests_controller_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/controllers/likes_controller_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/requests/harvests_spec.rb'
-
 # Offense count: 30
 # Configuration parameters: Database.
 # SupportedDatabases: mysql, postgresql
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/plantings_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/plantings_controller_spec.rb
index 49a009e2b..35bf65d22 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/plantings_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/plantings_controller_spec.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RSpec.describe Api::V1::PlantingsController do
 
         it { expect(matching_planting).to include('id' => my_planting.id.to_s) }
         it { expect(matching_planting['attributes']).to eq expected_attributes }
-        it { expect(response.status).to eq 200 }
+        it { expect(response).to have_http_status :ok }
       end
 
       context 'with photo' do
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ RSpec.describe Api::V1::PlantingsController do
 
         it { expect(matching_planting).to include('id' => my_planting.id.to_s) }
         it { expect(matching_planting['attributes']).to eq expected_attributes }
-        it { expect(response.status).to eq 200 }
+        it { expect(response).to have_http_status :ok }
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/harvests_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/harvests_controller_spec.rb
index aca28b883..bb7734fe1 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/harvests_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/harvests_controller_spec.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe HarvestsController, :search do
     describe "generates a csv" do
       before { get :index, format: "csv" }
 
-      it { expect(response.status).to eq 200 }
+      it { expect(response).to have_http_status :ok }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/likes_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/likes_controller_spec.rb
index 7389d75cb..278512c71 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/likes_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/likes_controller_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe LikesController do
     it { JSON.parse(response.body)["description"] == "1 like" }
 
     describe "Liking someone else's post" do
-      it { expect(response.code).to eq('201') }
+      it { expect(response).to have_http_status(:created) }
     end
   end
 
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ describe LikesController do
     it { expect(response.content_type).to eq "application/json; charset=utf-8" }
 
     describe "un-liking something i liked before" do
-      it { expect(response.code).to eq('200') }
+      it { expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok) }
       it { JSON.parse(response.body)["description"] == "0 likes" }
     end
 
     describe "Deleting someone else's like" do
       let(:like) { create(:like) }
 
-      it { expect(response.code).to eq('403') }
+      it { expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden) }
       it { JSON.parse(response.body)["error"] == "Unable to like" }
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/requests/harvests_spec.rb b/spec/requests/harvests_spec.rb
index 839d588f7..6c796af09 100644
--- a/spec/requests/harvests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/harvests_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe "Harvests" do
   describe "GET /harvests" do
     it "works! (now write some real specs)" do
       get harvests_path
-      expect(response.status).to be 200
+      expect(response).to have_http_status :ok
     end
   end
 end