diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
index e23b9358a..5542883ea 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically generated by scripts/dev/recompile_requirements.py
 
-flake8==3.0.0  # rq.filter: < 3.0.0
+flake8==2.6.2  # rq.filter: < 3.0.0
 flake8-copyright==0.2.0
 flake8-debugger==1.4.0
 flake8-deprecated==1.0
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
index 09287ff1c..8d62d07ae 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-flake8
+flake8<3.0.0
 flake8-copyright
 flake8-debugger
 flake8-deprecated