diff --git a/requirements/development.txt b/requirements/development.txt
index be970d79..35b9b944 100644
--- a/requirements/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/development.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 
 # tooling
 black
-flake8>=3.8,<6.2
-flake8-builtins>=1.5,<2.3
-flake8-isort>=4.0,<6.2
-flake8-print>=5,<5.1
-pre-commit>=2.10,<3.6
+flake8-builtins>=1.5
+flake8-isort>=4.0
+flake8-print>=5
+pre-commit>=3,<4
 
 # for testing
 nose2>=0.10,<0.15