diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1018838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[flake8]
+extend-ignore = E203,E501,E731
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index f785391..960737f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ jobs:
         run: poetry run black --check .
       - name: Check import order
         run: poetry run isort --check-only .
+      - name: Check code style
+        run: poetry run flake8 .
   test:
     name: Test
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff849ad..c24bb0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The awesome-pages plugin allows you to customize how your pages show up the navi
 
 ## Installation
 
-> **Note:** This package requires Python >=3.8 and MkDocs version 1.0 or higher.  
+> **Note:** This package requires Python >=3.8.1 and MkDocs version 1.0 or higher.  
 > If you're still on MkDocs 0.17 use [version 1 of this plugin][github-v1].
 
 Install the package with pip:
diff --git a/mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests/e2e/base.py b/mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests/e2e/base.py
index ca42d44..9893052 100644
--- a/mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests/e2e/base.py
+++ b/mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests/e2e/base.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 import warnings
-from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 import yaml
diff --git a/mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests/navigation/base.py b/mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests/navigation/base.py
index 45e5142..4f54602 100644
--- a/mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests/navigation/base.py
+++ b/mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests/navigation/base.py
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
 from mkdocs.structure.files import File, Files
 from mkdocs.structure.nav import Link
 from mkdocs.structure.nav import Navigation as MkDocsNavigation
-from mkdocs.structure.nav import (
-    Section,
-    _add_parent_links,
-    _add_previous_and_next_links,
-)
+from mkdocs.structure.nav import Section
 from mkdocs.structure.pages import Page
 
 from ...meta import Meta
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f4b24ec..ddbca60 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -285,6 +285,22 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flake8"
+version = "7.0.0"
+description = "the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8.1"
+files = [
+    {file = "flake8-7.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a6dfbb75e03252917f2473ea9653f7cd799c3064e54d4c8140044c5c065f53c3"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:33f96621059e65eec474169085dc92bf26e7b2d47366b70be2f67ab80dc25132"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+mccabe = ">=0.7.0,<0.8.0"
+pycodestyle = ">=2.11.0,<2.12.0"
+pyflakes = ">=3.2.0,<3.3.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "frozenlist"
 version = "1.3.3"
@@ -552,6 +568,17 @@ files = [
     {file = "MarkupSafe-2.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:594c67807fb16238b30c44bdf74f36c02cdf22d1c8cda91ef8a0ed8dabf5620a"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mccabe"
+version = "0.7.0"
+description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "mccabe-0.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6c2d30ab6be0e4a46919781807b4f0d834ebdd6c6e3dca0bda5a15f863427b6e"},
+    {file = "mccabe-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:348e0240c33b60bbdf4e523192ef919f28cb2c3d7d5c7794f74009290f236325"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mergedeep"
 version = "1.3.4"
@@ -758,6 +785,28 @@ files = [
 dev = ["pre-commit", "tox"]
 testing = ["pytest", "pytest-benchmark"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pycodestyle"
+version = "2.11.1"
+description = "Python style guide checker"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pycodestyle-2.11.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:44fe31000b2d866f2e41841b18528a505fbd7fef9017b04eff4e2648a0fadc67"},
+    {file = "pycodestyle-2.11.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:41ba0e7afc9752dfb53ced5489e89f8186be00e599e712660695b7a75ff2663f"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyflakes"
+version = "3.2.0"
+description = "passive checker of Python programs"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pyflakes-3.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:84b5be138a2dfbb40689ca07e2152deb896a65c3a3e24c251c5c62489568074a"},
+    {file = "pyflakes-3.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1c61603ff154621fb2a9172037d84dca3500def8c8b630657d1701f026f8af3f"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
 version = "8.1.1"
@@ -1054,5 +1103,5 @@ testing = ["func-timeout", "jaraco.itertools", "pytest (>=4.6)", "pytest-black (
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-content-hash = "2500c3458e52a127a3e3e2b873bfa5f1c70cd06d017dbaa6525e579996fd86c4"
+python-versions = ">=3.8.1"
+content-hash = "bbb8813e8d492eebe70091a811849f17603f07d22a860857c9032af9326ea047"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42d4a0d..b641084 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ exclude = ["mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/tests"]
 awesome-pages = "mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin.plugin:AwesomePagesPlugin"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8"
+python = ">=3.8.1"
 mkdocs = ">=1"
 wcmatch = ">=7"
 natsort = ">=8.1.0"
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ beautifulsoup4 = "^4.12.3"
 mock-open = "^1.4.0"
 black = { extras = ["d"], version = "^24.2.0" }
 isort = "^5.13.2"
+flake8 = "^7.0.0"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120