diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index f63454b..8a86046 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pip==18.1
 bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.32.3
 watchdog==0.9.0
-flake8==3.6.0
+flake8==7.0.0
 tox==3.8.6
 Sphinx==2.1.2
 coverage==4.5.2