diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 182a70a..fb52092 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pip==9.0.1
 bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.30.0
 watchdog==0.8.3
-flake8==3.5.0
+flake8==7.0.0
 tox==2.9.1
 coverage==4.5.1
 Sphinx==1.7.0