diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 76b600637e..4344897b43 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
-ignore =
-  E501, # line too long
-  W504  # line break after binary operator
+# E501: line too long
+# W504: line break after binary operator
+ignore = E501,W504
 exclude = ./third_party ./out
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 303f9cb0fe..a8e641ec20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: install tools
       run: |
-        pip3 install flake8==3.7.8
+        pip3 install flake8==7.3.0
         sudo apt-get install clang-format
     - run: flake8
     - run: ./scripts/clang-format-diff.sh
diff --git a/test/gen-spec-js.py b/test/gen-spec-js.py
index caba356879..470e4b30d8 100755
--- a/test/gen-spec-js.py
+++ b/test/gen-spec-js.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def _NanBitmask(self, canonical, type_):
         # When checking for canonical NaNs, the value can differ only in the sign
         # bit from +nan. For arithmetic NaNs, the sign bit and the rest of the tag
         # can differ as well.
-        assert(type_ in ('f32', 'f64'))
+        assert type_ in ('f32', 'f64')
         if not canonical:
             return self._QuietNan(type_)
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def _NanBitmask(self, canonical, type_):
         self.lines.append(line)
 
     def _QuietNan(self, type_):
-        assert(type_ in ('f32', 'f64'))
+        assert type_ in ('f32', 'f64')
         if type_ == 'f32':
             line = 'i32.const 0x%x' % F32_QUIET_NAN
         else:
diff --git a/test/run-tests.py b/test/run-tests.py
index e17c499faf..fe1bd72998 100755
--- a/test/run-tests.py
+++ b/test/run-tests.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class NoRoundtripError(Error):
 
 
 def Indent(s, spaces):
-    return ''.join(' ' * spaces + l for l in s.splitlines(1))
+    return ''.join(' ' * spaces + line for line in s.splitlines(1))
 
 
 def DiffLines(expected, actual):
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ def Done(self):
             sys.stderr.write('\n')
 
     def _PrintShortStatus(self, info):
-        assert(self.isatty)
+        assert self.isatty
         total_duration = time.time() - self.start_time
         name = info.GetName() if info else ''
         if self.total - self.skipped:
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ def _PrintShortStatus(self, info):
         sys.stderr.flush()
 
     def _Clear(self):
-        assert(self.isatty)
+        assert self.isatty
         sys.stderr.write('\r%s\r' % (' ' * self.last_length))