diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 4a0fb9cbf81..b04e4c82f57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run flake8
         run: |
           set -eux
-          pip install flake8==3.8.2 flake8-bugbear==20.1.4 flake8-comprehensions==3.3.0 flake8-executable==2.0.4 flake8-pyi==20.5.0 mccabe pycodestyle==2.6.0 pyflakes==2.2.0
+          pip install -r requirements-flake8.txt
           flake8 --version
           flake8 | tee ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/flake8-output.txt
       - name: Add annotations
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6593e35e4cf..f2981c0dbb3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ which is in PyTorch's `requirements.txt`.
 ## Pre-commit tidy/linting hook
 
 We use clang-tidy and flake8 (installed with flake8-bugbear,
-flake8-comprehensions, flake8-mypy, and flake8-pyi) to perform additional
+flake8-comprehensions, flake8-pyi, and others) to perform additional
 formatting and semantic checking of code. We provide a pre-commit git hook for
 performing these checks, before a commit is created:
 
diff --git a/requirements-flake8.txt b/requirements-flake8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e2ba252556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-flake8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+flake8==3.8.2
+flake8-bugbear==20.1.4
+flake8-comprehensions==3.3.0
+flake8-executable==2.0.4
+flake8-pyi==20.5.0
+mccabe
+pycodestyle==2.6.0
+pyflakes==2.2.0