diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 7149d30efe6..526d13f52f5 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ urllib3==2.3.0
 pytest==8.3.5
 isort==6.0.1
 black==25.1.0
-flake8==7.1.2
+flake8==7.2.0
 mypy==1.11.1