diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240105-221337.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240105-221337.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31d3322ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240105-221337.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: "Dependencies"
+body: "Update flake8 requirement from ~=6.1 to ~=7.0"
+time: 2024-01-05T22:13:37.00000Z
+custom:
+  Author: dependabot[bot]
+  PR: 969
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index fe960ed03..35fc80013 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git#egg=dbt-tests-adapter&subdirectory=
 black~=23.12
 bumpversion~=0.6.0
 click~=8.1
-flake8~=6.1;python_version>="3.8"
+flake8~=7.0;python_version>="3.8"
 flaky~=3.7
 freezegun~=1.3
 ipdb~=0.13.13