diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkov/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkov/default.nix
index 8a239b4c37f7..b89a9695939c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkov/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkov/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-dXpgm9S++jtBhuzX9db8Pm5LF6Qb4isXx5uyOGdWGUc=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./flake8-compat-5.x.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = with py.pkgs; [
     pythonRelaxDepsHook
     setuptools-scm
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkov/flake8-compat-5.x.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkov/flake8-compat-5.x.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9bb019292536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkov/flake8-compat-5.x.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/flake8_plugins/flake8_class_attributes_plugin/tests/conftest.py b/flake8_plugins/flake8_class_attributes_plugin/tests/conftest.py
+index 1ad762aed..c91078dcf 100644
+--- a/flake8_plugins/flake8_class_attributes_plugin/tests/conftest.py
++++ b/flake8_plugins/flake8_class_attributes_plugin/tests/conftest.py
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ import ast
+ import os
+ 
++import flake8
+ from flake8.options.manager import OptionManager
+ 
+ from flake8_plugins.flake8_class_attributes_plugin.flake8_class_attributes.checker import ClassAttributesChecker
+@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ def run_validator_for_test_file(filename, max_annotations_complexity=None,
+         raw_content = file_handler.read()
+     tree = ast.parse(raw_content)
+ 
+-    options = OptionManager('flake8_class_attributes_order', '0.1.3')
++    options = OptionManager(
++        version=flake8.__version__,
++        plugin_versions='flake8_class_attributes_order: 0.1.3',
++        parents=[],
++        )
+     options.use_class_attributes_order_strict_mode = strict_mode
+     options.class_attributes_order = attributes_order
+     ClassAttributesChecker.parse_options(options)