diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 775d817..7c25cfd 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ boto3 = "==1.28.38"
 safety = "==2.3.5"
 black = "==22.12.0"
 mypy = "==1.5.1"
-flake8 = "==6.1.0"
+flake8 = "==4.0.1"
 flake8-docstrings = "==1.7.0"
 pytest = "==7.4.0"
 pytest-cov = "==4.1.0"
diff --git a/smsparkbuild/py39/Pipfile b/smsparkbuild/py39/Pipfile
index 775d817..7c25cfd 100644
--- a/smsparkbuild/py39/Pipfile
+++ b/smsparkbuild/py39/Pipfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ boto3 = "==1.28.38"
 safety = "==2.3.5"
 black = "==22.12.0"
 mypy = "==1.5.1"
-flake8 = "==6.1.0"
+flake8 = "==4.0.1"
 flake8-docstrings = "==1.7.0"
 pytest = "==7.4.0"
 pytest-cov = "==4.1.0"