diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bf37fe88c71..764bb19e015 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
+  rev: 4.0.1
+  hooks:
+  - id: flake8
+    exclude: ^(.git|__pycache__|docs/source/conf.py|old|build|dist|tests|jina/resources/|docarray/proto/pb/docarray_pb2.py|docarray/proto/pb/docarray_pb2_grpc.py|jina/proto/pb2/docarray_pb2.py|jina/proto/pb2/docarray_pb2_grpc.py)
+    args:
+      - --max-complexity=10
+      - --max-line-length=127
+      - --select=E9,F63,F7,F82
 - repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
   rev: 22.3.0
   hooks:
@@ -10,6 +19,6 @@ repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
   rev: v1.12.1
   hooks:
-  -   id: blacken-docs
-      args:
-        - -S
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+  - id: blacken-docs
+    args:
+      - -S
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