diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 532ad6a2fec1..da48dc24330b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.12']
     env:
       LINT_PATH: 'lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-lint-requirements.txt'
       TYPE_PATH: 'lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-typecheck-requirements.txt'
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-lint-requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-lint-requirements.txt
index 08d44e583e9b..6a86cc66b7c3 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-lint-requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-lint-requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 attrs==23.1.0
-flake8==5.0.4
-flake8-bugbear==23.3.12
-importlib-metadata==4.2.0
+flake8==6.1.0
+flake8-bugbear==23.9.16
 mccabe==0.7.0
-pycodestyle==2.9.1
-pyflakes==2.5.0
+pycodestyle==2.11.0
+pyflakes==3.1.0
 ruff==0.0.292
-typing_extensions==4.7.1
-zipp==3.15.0
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/update_lint_requirements.sh b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/update_lint_requirements.sh
index e1f57a7abf02..5e413870a291 100755
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/update_lint_requirements.sh
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/update_lint_requirements.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ set -e
 
 # This script updates the pinned requirements for linting.
 # The lint requirements are split from the the other ones due to incompatible
-# dependencies: flake8 requires importlib-metadata 4.2, while the Galaxy's core
-# dependencies depend on importlib-metadata 4.13.
+# dependencies.
+# Flake8 v6.0.0 supports python v3.8.1+ only.
 
 THIS_DIRECTORY="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" > /dev/null && pwd)"
 
 update_pinned_reqs() {
     VENV=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/$1_venv.XXXXXXXXXX")
-    python3.7 -m venv "${VENV}"
+    python3.8 -m venv "${VENV}"
     . "${VENV}/bin/activate"
     pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
     pip install -r "${THIS_DIRECTORY}/$1-requirements.txt"