diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 45557f4..2bdb1b2 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ bump2version==1.0.0
 wheel==0.34.2
 watchdog==0.10.2
 tox==3.15.1
-flake8==3.8.2
+flake8==7.1.0
 coverage==5.1
 Sphinx==3.0.4
 twine==3.1.1