diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 23f65b9..5d53938 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ click==6.6
 coverage==4.1
 cryptography==1.4
 docutils==0.12
-flake8==2.6.0
+flake8==7.1.1
 idna==2.1
 imagesize==0.7.1
 Jinja2==2.8