diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 69503e9a03..db45ea0dae 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ fcn_exclude_functions =
     getLogger,
     loads,
     get,
-    appens,
     next,
     setdefault,
     dumps,
@@ -43,9 +42,9 @@ fcn_exclude_functions =
     re,
     requests,
     signal,
-    self,
     yaml,
     benedict,
+    logger,
 
 enable-extensions =
     FCN,
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1106ac0592..5116dcf8ac 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repos:
       - id: flake8
         args: [--config=.flake8]
         additional_dependencies: [
-          "git+https://github.com/RedHatQE/flake8-plugins.git",
+          "git+https://github.com/RedHatQE/flake8-plugins.git@v0.0.2",
           "flake8-mutable",
         ]