diff --git a/requirements/testing.txt b/requirements/testing.txt
index 0ab11950..117bbbc0 100644
--- a/requirements/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -r production.txt
 isort==5.9.3
 coveralls==3.2.0
-flake8==3.9.2
+flake8==5.0.4
 flake8-isort==4.0.0
 pydocstyle==6.1.1
 pylint==2.11.1