diff --git a/requirements/flake.txt b/requirements/flake.txt
index f16b41d012c..793ce6f13d8 100644
--- a/requirements/flake.txt
+++ b/requirements/flake.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-flake8==3.7.9
+flake8==3.8.4
 isort==4.3.21
diff --git a/requirements/lint.txt b/requirements/lint.txt
index eceb687f589..dc61cd5be7e 100644
--- a/requirements/lint.txt
+++ b/requirements/lint.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mypy==0.770; implementation_name=="cpython"
-flake8==3.7.9
+flake8==3.8.4
 flake8-pyi==20.5.0; python_version >= "3.6"
 black==19.10b0; python_version >= "3.6"
 isort==4.3.21