diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
index 5578aaca8..beeba1738 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ psycopg2==2.6.2
 {%- endif %}
 
 coverage==4.2
-flake8==3.0.4 # pyup: != 2.6.0
+flake8==3.1.1 # pyup: != 2.6.0
 django-test-plus==1.0.16
 factory_boy==2.7.0