diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index ea164a7f..fdd5c9c5 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ moto==1.2.0
 bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.31.1
 watchdog==0.8.3
-flake8==3.5.0
+flake8==7.1.0
 tox==2.9.1
 coverage==4.5.1
 Sphinx==1.7.7