diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index e94eb7607ad..09655e609e6 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ urllib3==2.2.2
 pytest==8.3.2
 isort==5.13.2
 black==24.8.0
-flake8==7.1.0
+flake8==7.1.1
 mypy==1.11.1