diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index c5f4d2d6..7410eff7 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8"
-version = "7.1.1"
+version = "7.1.2"
 description = "the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "flake8-7.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:597477df7860daa5aa0fdd84bf5208a043ab96b8e96ab708770ae0364dd03213"},
-    {file = "flake8-7.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:049d058491e228e03e67b390f311bbf88fce2dbaa8fa673e7aea87b7198b8d38"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1cbc62e65536f65e6d754dfe6f1bada7f5cf392d6f5db3c2b85892466c3e7c1a"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c586ffd0b41540951ae41af572e6790dbd49fc12b3aa2541685d253d9bd504bd"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -385,4 +385,4 @@ dev = ["doc8", "flake8", "flake8-import-order", "rstcheck[sphinx]", "sphinx"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "5b3a2d596dc674fb3f35844145709d1bd7b8389c2a6c7de78801dfdd99a5d28b"
+content-hash = "8498282b3e0fd823cb8f684c1009a9ded6e596438fbed949336dc449b4fb2539"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9f52dcd6..2d1e3221 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ python = "^3.9"
 yamllint = "^v1.35.1"
 codespell = "^2.4.1"
 black = "^25.1"
-flake8 = "^7.1.1"
+flake8 = "^7.1.2"
 pep8-naming = "^0.14.1"
 pytest = "^8.3.4"
 GitPython = "^3.1.44"
diff --git a/workflow-templates/check-python-task.md b/workflow-templates/check-python-task.md
index a393886b..b4676205 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/check-python-task.md
+++ b/workflow-templates/check-python-task.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation
 If your project does not already use Poetry, you can initialize the [`pyproject.toml`](https://python-poetry.org/docs/pyproject/) file using these commands:
 
 ```
-poetry init --python="^3.9" --dev-dependency="black@^25.1.0" --dev-dependency="flake8@^7.1.1" --dev-dependency="pep8-naming@^0.14.1"
+poetry init --python="^3.9" --dev-dependency="black@^25.1.0" --dev-dependency="flake8@^7.1.2" --dev-dependency="pep8-naming@^0.14.1"
 poetry install
 ```