diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yaml b/.github/workflows/linting.yaml
index cb0b61d69d46659996541bd0e56c28ae067d8f80..9ea39dad25124ef8ba831f898ba8a98f7abe7a76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install flake8==3.9.1 pylint==2.13.8
+          pip install flake8==4.0.1 pylint==2.13.8
           #if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
       - name: Run black
         uses: psf/black@stable