diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index a53df61356d..cc883f4a790 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ urllib3==2.2.2
 pytest==8.2.2
 isort==5.13.2
 black==24.4.2
-flake8==7.0.0
+flake8==7.1.0
 mypy==1.10.0