diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/Pipfile b/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/Pipfile
index 1e828d2..b506860 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/Pipfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/Pipfile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ black = "==19.3b0"
 flake8 = "==3.7.8"
 flake8-blind-except = "==0.1.1"
 flake8-debugger = "==3.1.0"
-flake8-docstrings = "==1.3.1"
+flake8-docstrings = "==1.4.0"
 pydocstyle = "<4" #temporary until flake8-docstrings is fixed
 flake8-isort = "==2.7.0"
 isort = "==4.3.21"