diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 44347e84f..179a40418 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # development dependencies (see docs.txt for documentation building dependencies)
 # linting and static type-checking
-flake8>=3.7.7, <5.0.0
+flake8>=3.7.7, <6.0.0
 mypy~= 0.900
 types-requests>=2.25.0, <3.0.0
 # testing