diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index dc14c21da..85a6defc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ jobs:
         uses: rbialon/flake8-annotations@v1
       - name: flake8 for syntax
         run: |
-           python -m pip install flake8==3.8.4  
+           python -m pip install flake8==6.1.0  
            flake8 --select=F --ignore= --ignore=F403,F405 --per-file-ignores=**__init__.py:F401 --statistics