diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
index 2a9e07a46..ba4b9640e 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ flake8-tuple==0.2.13
 mccabe==0.6.1
 pathmatch==0.2.1
 pep8-naming==0.5.0
-pycodestyle==2.4.0
+pycodestyle==2.3.1  # rq.filter: < 2.4.0
 pydocstyle==2.1.1
 pyflakes==1.6.0
 six==1.11.0
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
index 1f30b83ae..cd1ca421f 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ flake8-tuple
 pep8-naming
 pydocstyle
 pyflakes
+
+# https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/741
+#@ filter: pycodestyle < 2.4.0