diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 9b2e79a1..5ee76e58 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -560,19 +560,19 @@ typing-extensions = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8"
-version = "5.0.4"
+version = "7.1.1"
 description = "the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6.1"
+python-versions = ">=3.8.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "flake8-5.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7a1cf6b73744f5806ab95e526f6f0d8c01c66d7bbe349562d22dfca20610b248"},
-    {file = "flake8-5.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6fbe320aad8d6b95cec8b8e47bc933004678dc63095be98528b7bdd2a9f510db"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:597477df7860daa5aa0fdd84bf5208a043ab96b8e96ab708770ae0364dd03213"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:049d058491e228e03e67b390f311bbf88fce2dbaa8fa673e7aea87b7198b8d38"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 mccabe = ">=0.7.0,<0.8.0"
-pycodestyle = ">=2.9.0,<2.10.0"
-pyflakes = ">=2.5.0,<2.6.0"
+pycodestyle = ">=2.12.0,<2.13.0"
+pyflakes = ">=3.2.0,<3.3.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gevent"
@@ -1163,13 +1163,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pycodestyle"
-version = "2.9.1"
+version = "2.12.1"
 description = "Python style guide checker"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pycodestyle-2.9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d1735fc58b418fd7c5f658d28d943854f8a849b01a5d0a1e6f3f3fdd0166804b"},
-    {file = "pycodestyle-2.9.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2c9607871d58c76354b697b42f5d57e1ada7d261c261efac224b664affdc5785"},
+    {file = "pycodestyle-2.12.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:46f0fb92069a7c28ab7bb558f05bfc0110dac69a0cd23c61ea0040283a9d78b3"},
+    {file = "pycodestyle-2.12.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6838eae08bbce4f6accd5d5572075c63626a15ee3e6f842df996bf62f6d73521"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1202,13 +1202,13 @@ dev = ["black", "build", "flake8", "flake8-black", "isort", "jupyter-console", "
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyflakes"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "3.2.0"
 description = "passive checker of Python programs"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pyflakes-2.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4579f67d887f804e67edb544428f264b7b24f435b263c4614f384135cea553d2"},
-    {file = "pyflakes-2.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:491feb020dca48ccc562a8c0cbe8df07ee13078df59813b83959cbdada312ea3"},
+    {file = "pyflakes-3.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:84b5be138a2dfbb40689ca07e2152deb896a65c3a3e24c251c5c62489568074a"},
+    {file = "pyflakes-3.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1c61603ff154621fb2a9172037d84dca3500def8c8b630657d1701f026f8af3f"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1764,4 +1764,4 @@ testing = ["coverage[toml]", "zope.event", "zope.testing"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.13"
-content-hash = "ded2739ebdae9deb42ce1318d41f22f4e3f6064c3eb0ecb8690c926d7b4b62f2"
+content-hash = "8b9145884ec01ef92cf48e589d680facf135adbedd5ce9604986f5f32fde1d1a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 73acaf9f..007f3750 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ django-htmx = "^1.18.0"
 playwright = "^1.41.2"
 pytest = "^7.2.0"
 pytest-xdist = "^3.0.2"
-flake8 = "^5.0.4"
+flake8 = "^7.1.1"
 black = "^22.10.0"
 isort = "^5.10.1"
 pytest-django = "^4.5.2"
diff --git a/src/blog/tests.py b/src/blog/tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce503c2..00000000
--- a/src/blog/tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/src/core/tests/test_exhibits_api.py b/src/core/tests/test_exhibits_api.py
index e81e9d38..7f0f9114 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/test_exhibits_api.py
+++ b/src/core/tests/test_exhibits_api.py
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ def test_api_exhibit_lists_multiple_exhibits(self):
         for i in range(0, settings.PAGE_SIZE + 1):
             marker = Marker.objects.create(owner=self.profile, source=fake_file)
             obj = Object.objects.create(owner=self.profile, source=fake_file)
-            artwork = Artwork.objects.create(
-                author=self.profile, augmented=obj, marker=marker
-            )  # noqa F841
-            exhibit = Exhibit.objects.create(
+            Artwork.objects.create(author=self.profile, augmented=obj, marker=marker)
+            Exhibit.objects.create(
                 owner=self.profile, name=f"name_{i}", slug=f"slug_{i}"
-            )  # noqa F841
+            )
         response = self.client.get("/api/v1/exhibits/")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
diff --git a/src/core/views/views.py b/src/core/views/views.py
index 66eb3cab..7b7d2767 100644
--- a/src/core/views/views.py
+++ b/src/core/views/views.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from core.helpers import handle_upload_image
 from core.models import Artwork, Exhibit, Marker, Object
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
diff --git a/src/tests/home_tests.py b/src/tests/home_tests.py
index 6e6d5d6f..d325b977 100644
--- a/src/tests/home_tests.py
+++ b/src/tests/home_tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import re
-
 from playwright.sync_api import Page, expect
 
 
diff --git a/src/users/admin.py b/src/users/admin.py
index 189d1f8e..ed3b70ac 100644
--- a/src/users/admin.py
+++ b/src/users/admin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.contrib.admin.filters import ListFilter
 from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db.models import Count, Q