diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7f739f17..60a727cb 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ flake8==3.9.0
 flake8-annotations-coverage==0.0.5
 flake8-cognitive-complexity==0.1.0
 flake8-comprehensions==3.4.0
-flake8-docstrings==1.5.0
+flake8-docstrings==1.6.0
 isort==5.7.0
 flake8-isort==4.0.0
 flake8-json==21.1.0