diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix
index 6f2a8c49d570..ca60957189b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   isPyPy,
-  pythonOlder,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   setuptools,
   mccabe,
@@ -13,17 +12,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "flake8";
-  version = "7.1.1";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
-
+  version = "7.1.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "PyCQA";
     repo = "flake8";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-6iCZEapftHqd9okJS1wMzIjjmWahrmmZtXd7SUMVcmE=";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-VhHWGO8UIf77IzVxz9SCpg6Z/ebRmIJQLlSGsKY9Y0E=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
@@ -42,12 +38,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_tokenization_error_but_not_syntax_error"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8/blob/${src.rev}/docs/source/release-notes/${version}.rst";
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8/blob/${src.tag}/docs/source/release-notes/${version}.rst";
     description = "Modular source code checker: pep8, pyflakes and co";
     homepage = "https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
     mainProgram = "flake8";
   };
 }