diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d16abf2..ef8b22a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.31.1
 watchdog==0.8.3
 tox==3.1.3
-flake8==3.5.0
+flake8==7.0.0
 Sphinx==1.7.6
 PyYAML==3.13