diff --git a/config_defaults.yml b/config_defaults.yml
index ccbf5adf8e484d768e7e4708371dd9d05dd01aea..b97f4a32322553bcd3b034c4e5ff7ffadd133a9b 100644
--- a/config_defaults.yml
+++ b/config_defaults.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ Rakefile:
       Description: Prefer braces for chaining. Mostly an aesthetical choice. Better to be consistent then.
       EnforcedStyle: braces_for_chaining
 
+    Style/BracesAroundHashParameters:
+      Description: Braces are required by Ruby 2.7. Cop removed from RuboCop v0.80.0. See https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/7643
+      Enabled: false
+
     Style/ClassAndModuleChildren:
       Description: Compact style reduces the required amount of indentation.
       EnforcedStyle: compact
diff --git a/rubocop/defaults-0.49.1.yml b/rubocop/defaults-0.49.1.yml
index 20d8d193a4cf765c3425f47d0d5f127fbe5be5b8..d57968d56991164f1eed84ac044c7955b561b11a 100644
--- a/rubocop/defaults-0.49.1.yml
+++ b/rubocop/defaults-0.49.1.yml
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@
 - Style/BeginBlock
 - Style/BlockComments
 - Style/BlockDelimiters
-- Style/BracesAroundHashParameters
 - Style/CaseEquality
 - Style/CharacterLiteral
 - Style/ClassAndModuleCamelCase