diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index 0e40f3909d..4bae0908c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pip install --upgrade pip
         # fix to this version for develop branch (to avoid needing to fix geant4.py)
-        pip install --upgrade "flake8<7.1"
+        pip install --upgrade "flake8"
 
     - name: Run flake8 to verify PEP8-compliance of Python code
       run: flake8