diff --git a/.github/workflows/flake8.yml b/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
index 73f73f0910..45dbfae7b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # install flake8
       - name: install flake8
-        run: pip install flake8
+        run: pip install flake8==$(awk '/^flake8 =/{print $NF}' versions.cfg)
 
       # run black
       - name: run flake8
diff --git a/versions.cfg b/versions.cfg
index 3841232b5c..f14e01e91d 100644
--- a/versions.cfg
+++ b/versions.cfg
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ zc.buildout =
 plone.restapi =
 
 # code analysis
-black = 20.8b1
+black = 22.3.0
 click = 8.0.4
+flake8 = 4.0.1
 
 # Error: The requirement ('virtualenv>=20.0.35') is not allowed by your [versions] constraint (20.0.26)
 virtualenv = 20.0.35