diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e7b155a8..a116be38 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ flake8.extension =
 
 [extras]
 pep257 =
-  flake8-docstrings==0.2.1.post1 # MIT
+  flake8-docstrings==1.7.0 # MIT
 
 [egg_info]
 tag_build =