diff --git a/srcpkgs/flake8/template b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
index cc167e91241..b6601bf3c70 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flake8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'flake8'
 pkgname=flake8
-version=2.6.2
-revision=2
+version=3.0.4
+revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="flake8"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
-depends="python-setuptools pycodestyle pyflakes mccabe"
-short_desc="The modular source code checker: pep8, pyflakes, mccabe (Python2)"
+depends="python-setuptools python-pycodestyle python-pyflakes python-mccabe
+ python-enum34 python-backports.configparser"
+short_desc="The modular source code checker: pycodestyle, pyflakes, mccabe (Python2)"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/f/flake8/flake8-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=231cd86194aaec4bdfaa553ae1a1cd9b7b4558332fbc10136c044940d587a778
+checksum=b4c210c998f07d6ff24325dd91fbc011f2c37bcd6bf576b188de01d8656e970d
 alternatives="flake8:flake8:/usr/bin/python2-flake8"
 
 pre_build() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ pre_build() {
 }
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
-	# XXX: hack ;)
+	# XXX: override the default naming scheme
 	cp -a ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/{,python3-}flake8
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/{,python2-}flake8
 }
@@ -30,8 +31,7 @@ python3-flake8_package() {
 	noarch=yes
 	pycompile_module="flake8"
 	replaces="python3.4-flake8>=0"
-	depends="python3-setuptools python3-pycodestyle python3-pyflakes
-	 python3-mccabe"
+	depends="python3-setuptools python3-pycodestyle python3-pyflakes python3-mccabe"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	alternatives="flake8:flake8:/usr/bin/python3-flake8"
 	pkg_install() {