diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yaml
index b32f67443..da1818e95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           architecture: 'x64'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/requirements/lint.txt b/requirements/lint.txt
index 3c4ebbcc9..c534a202c 100644
--- a/requirements/lint.txt
+++ b/requirements/lint.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ attrs==24.2.0
 black==24.8.0
 click==8.1.7
 isort==5.13.2
-flake8==5.0.4
+flake8==7.1.1
 flake8-bugbear==24.10.31
 flake8-future-import==0.4.7
-flake8-no-u-prefixed-strings==0.2
-flake8-simplify==0.14.2
-flake8-sfs==1.0.0
+# flake8-no-u-prefixed-strings==0.2
+flake8-simplify==0.21.0
+# flake8-sfs==1.0.0
 flake8-tidy-imports==4.10.0
 mccabe==0.7.0
 mypy==1.13.0