diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index ef46a8f..bcf30d2 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Sphinx==1.8.3
 wheel==0.33.4
 coverage==4.5.2
 tox==3.10.0
-flake8==3.6.0
+flake8==7.1.0
 watchdog==0.10.2
 twine==1.12.1
 
diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
index 6947b36..b566c94 100644
--- a/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Sphinx==1.8.3
 wheel==0.33.4
 coverage==4.5.2
 tox==3.10.0
-flake8==3.6.0
+flake8==7.1.0
 watchdog==0.9.0
 twine==1.12.1