diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d352651..6765fd8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ skip_install = true
 deps =
     flake8
     flake8-colors
-    flake8-docstrings>=0.2.7
-    # remove when https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8-docstrings/issues/36 is fixed
-    pydocstyle<4
+    flake8-docstrings>=1.3.1
     flake8-import-order>=0.9
     flake8-typing-imports>=1.1
     pep8-naming