diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 88c8176f1..684ec91e0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ binaryornot==0.4.4
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 black==22.10.0
 isort==5.10.1
-flake8==5.0.4
+flake8==6.0.0
 flake8-isort==5.0.3
 pre-commit==2.20.0
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index e7674ce93..a55b1019a 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==5.0.4  # https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
+flake8==6.0.0  # https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
 flake8-isort==5.0.3  # https://github.com/gforcada/flake8-isort
 coverage==6.5.0  # https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy
 black==22.10.0  # https://github.com/psf/black