diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 711d159..0ffd851 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Features
 v1.1.3
 ------
 
+- Fixed compatibility with flake8 v5. Now requires flake8 v5 or later.
 - More cleanup in the README.
 
 v1.1.2
diff --git a/newsfragments/1.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/1.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff6d1fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/1.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Declare minimum flake8 as v5.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a064c3..b70a561 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
-	"flake8 >= 4.0",
+	"flake8 >= 5",
 	"pytest >= 7.0",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]