diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index fc8a15194a..fb18d3ec10 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
-pep8
+pycodestyle
 isort
 pylint
 astroid
diff --git a/modules/python-modules/Makefile.am b/modules/python-modules/Makefile.am
index 9dd69d32ea..bc17f435aa 100644
--- a/modules/python-modules/Makefile.am
+++ b/modules/python-modules/Makefile.am
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ pymodules-clean:
 pymodules-unit: python-venv
 	$(PYTHON_VENV) -m pytest --showlocals --verbosity=3 $(PYMODULES_SRCDIR) -W ignore::UserWarning
 
-pymodules-checks: pymodules-unit pymodules-pep8 pymodules-pylint
+pymodules-checks: pymodules-unit pymodules-pycodestyle pymodules-pylint
 
-pymodules-pep8: python-venv
-	$(PYTHON_VENV) -m pep8 --ignore=E501 $(PYMODULES_SRCDIR)/$(PYMODULES_ROOT_MODULE)
+pymodules-pycodestyle: python-venv
+	$(PYTHON_VENV) -m pycodestyle --ignore=E501 $(PYMODULES_SRCDIR)/$(PYMODULES_ROOT_MODULE)
 
 pymodules-pylint: python-venv
 	$(PYTHON_VENV) -m pylint -r n --rcfile=$(PYMODULES_SRCDIR)/pylintrc $(PYMODULES_SRCDIR)/$(PYMODULES_ROOT_MODULE)