diff --git a/requirements/testing.txt b/requirements/testing.txt
index 420d2297..9df24c9d 100644
--- a/requirements/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -r production.txt
 isort==5.13.2
 coveralls==3.3.1
-flake8==6.1.0
+flake8==7.0.0
 flake8-isort==6.1.1
 pydocstyle==6.3.0
 pylint==3.0.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5660d471..9e940ec4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def get_long_description() -> str:
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     ],
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['test*']),
     package_data={
         "pyvlx": ["py.typed"],
     },