diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 23ec5c0..771c3dc 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pip==19.0.3
 bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.33.1
 watchdog==0.9.0
-flake8==3.7.7
+flake8==7.1.0
 tox==3.7.0
 coverage==4.5.2
 Sphinx==1.8.4