diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-flake8/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-flake8/PKGBUILD
index a3b4d1054b..40d7043ab4 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-flake8/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-flake8/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 _realname=flake8
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-${_realname}" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
-pkgver=3.7.8
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=3.7.9
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="The modular source code checker: pep8, pyflakes and co"
 arch=('any')
 url="http://flake8.pycqa.org"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-setuptools"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-pytest-runner")
 checkdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-mock" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-mock")
 source=("${_realname}-$pkgver.tar.gz"::"https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha512sums=('c6503876a89c5a4075487e0b7479ecba8481b08e0a71e2d4f975fdcfbe3aeb11c9285fb94f749d000f9fee23038acef47b8c83439950e708e0bd2561385aeeea')
+sha512sums=('cd91759f8f22a98d70ff04238e399de23981cbab9656958b36390b792f75b49645f0ce5df849f3675dab04355f4daef4e89deae5c56193fd2c78029833b1acf6')
 
 prepare() {
   # disable overly restrictive dependency pinning