diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 7c635f472..e1316ecf5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14 # https://github.com/GaretJax/sphinx-autobuild
 
 # Code quality
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-flake8==6.1.0  # https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
+flake8==7.0.0  # https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
 flake8-isort==6.1.1  # https://github.com/gforcada/flake8-isort
 coverage==7.4.0  # https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy
 black==23.12.1  # https://github.com/psf/black