diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a7a12fd24..2612c9a81 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ repos:
     - id: black
       language_version: python3.7
 -   repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 3.9.2
+    rev: 5.0.4
     hooks:
     - id: flake8
       args:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f7b0cefc..d36f38d15 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cython>=0.25,<3.0
 pytest>=5.2.0
 pytest-timeout>=1.3.0,<2.0.0
 mock>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
-flake8>=3.8.0,<3.10.0
+flake8>=3.8.0,<6.0.0
 hypothesis>=3.27.0,<7.0.0
 mypy==0.910
 types-dataclasses>=0.1.3; python_version < "3.7"