diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/.flake8 b/.gitlab-ci/.flake8
index 95db896bc0b..1be72fc7848 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/.flake8
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/.flake8
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 exclude = .venv*,
 
 # PEP 8 Style Guide limits line length to 79 characters
-max-line-length = 167
+max-line-length = 159
 
 ignore =
     # continuation line under-indented for hanging indent
diff --git a/bin/ci/update_traces_checksum.py b/bin/ci/update_traces_checksum.py
index b3411aaaeb2..b62556d441d 100755
--- a/bin/ci/update_traces_checksum.py
+++ b/bin/ci/update_traces_checksum.py
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ def gather_results(
                         continue
 
                     if "label" in target['traces'][trace][dev_name]:
-                        print(f'{dev_name}: {trace}: please verify that label {Fore.BLUE}{target["traces"][trace][dev_name]["label"]}{Style.RESET_ALL} is still valid')
+                        print(
+                            f"{dev_name}: {trace}: please verify that label "
+                            f"{Fore.BLUE}{target['traces'][trace][dev_name]['label']}{Style.RESET_ALL} "
+                            "is still valid"
+                             )
 
                     print(Fore.GREEN + f'{dev_name}: {trace}: checksum updated' + Style.RESET_ALL)
                     target['traces'][trace][dev_name]['checksum'] = checksum